Miscellaneous Genera VI
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Adra argentilinea Walker 
Adra argentilinea Walker, 1863, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 138.

 


Adra argentilinea


Diagnosis. See the generic account and that of the next species.

Geographical range. Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia (Yunus & Ho, 1980).

Habitat preference. All six specimens seen are from the lowlands, two taken in Sarawak by A.R. Wallace, an old specimen from Sandakan on the coast of Sabah, and three taken in recent surveys in Brunei: one from an area of swamp forest, Agathis and secondary vegetation near Badas (50-100m); two from coastal forest and secondary vegetation at Mumong (3m).

Biology. Robinson et al. (2001) recorded Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) as a host plant (Yunus & Ho, 1980).

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