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Crithote pallivaga sp. n.
♂♂ 15-17mm, 16mm. As indicated above, this species is very similar to horridipes in facies but is distinguished by a conspicuously paler, double, sinuous, ripple mark in the distal black zone of the forewing in both sexes. In the male there is a second, anteriorly convergent pair arising medially from the costa. These markings are faintly evident also in horridipes. The male genitalia provide the best diagnosis, having the uncus with a dorsal peak at two thirds; the valve is narrower and more elongate, apically rounded rather than falcate, and with the triangular process near the centre of the costa smaller and set more distally.


Crithote pallivaga ♂
(Sumatra)

Crithote pallivaga♀

(paratype)


Himalayan and Chinese material, though resembling horridipes in facies, has male genitalia identical to those of typical pallivaga.

Holotype . SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D.Holloway et al.), Site 14, February, Camp 2.5, Mulu, 1000m. 413461, lower montane for., BM noctuid slide 10489.

Paratypes: 2♂♂ (one with head missing) BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, 19 Oct. �78 and 30 June �79 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1♀ general data as holotype but Site 11, February, Camp 1, Mulu, 150m. 385470, mixed dipt. f. / river.

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra (slide 10488); Thailand (VK), N.E. Himalaya (slide 10487), S. China.

Habitat preference. Three specimens are from lowland dipterocarp forest but the holotype is from lower montane forest at 1000m.

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