SUBFAMILY HADENINAE
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Prometopus asahina Kobes comb. n
Xylomoia asahina
Kobes, 1985,Heterocera Sumatrana, 2: 53.


Prometopus asahina


Diagnosis.
See the previous species.

Taxonomic notes. The facies and male genitalia indicate this species is a Prometopus. The lateral lobe to the aedeagus vesica is much shorter than in albistigma and bears a much smaller cluster of cornuti at its apex than the one on the main tube of the vesica, in reverse of the situation in albistigma.

Geographical range.
Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference.
The species is only known from four specimens from lowland rainforest (Labi, Ulu Temburong) and dry heath forest (Telisai) in Brunei.

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