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Lophoptera parallelnotata sp. n.
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12-13mm. The forewings are of similar colour and pattern to those of quadrinotata,
but marginally squarer; the postmedial is transverse rather than oblique,
parallel to the antemedial, and more heavily invested with mauvish grey which
also extends basad to a dark brown medial band; the submarginal markings are
more obscure than in quadrinotata but there is a diagnostic pale brown
mark bisecting the tornal angle.
The male genitalia are similar to those of quadrinotata but more
slender, the saccus narrower, the tegumen elongate rather than triangular; the
valves are expanded at the base, with a lobe on the interior face of the
expanded portion.
Holotype . SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat.
Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site 16, March, Long
Pala (Base), 70m, 324450, alluv./secondary forest, MV-on batu-canopy, BM noctuid
slide 10636.
Paratypes. l BRUNEI,
Labi, 30-60m, 12.4.81 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1 BRUNEI, Seria, 3m, secondary & coastal
veg., 3.6.1979 (Lt. Col. M.G.
Allen).
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species has not been taken other than in the
lowlands in Borneo but ranges up to 800m in the Peninsula.
Biology. P. Becker reared the species from a sapling of Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae)
in the Peninsula.
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