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“Parallelia”
pilosa sp. n.
 22mm. The forewings are a rich brown with distinctly rufous
pilosity basal to a white orbicular stigma. The trapezoidal mark is present, but
pale grey with white edging and irregular in shape; a row of faint whitish dots
on the veins extends submarginally from its most posterior extremity, probably
the postmedial, with an even fainter submarginal just distal to it, the space
between them a slightly richer brown, the two fasciae diverging slightly towards
the dorsum. The hindwings are a similar shade of brown to the forewing but
darker. The margins of the wings grade narrowly paler to the fringes. The male
genitalia show some resemblance to those of the “Parallelia”
rigidistria group (see above). The coremata on the valves are double and the
genitalia have bilateral symmetry, suggesting possible relationship to Bastilla,
despite the unusual facies. The costal process of the valve is deeply bifurcate,
the bifurcations slender, curved, pincer-like as in some members of the rigidistria
group
and Bastilla
amygdalis Moore
(p. 65). The aedeagus is gently curved as in that group, with a small but
convolute vesica.
“Parallelia”
pilosa
(holotype) |
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Holotype
. SARAWAK: Santubong Mt., 300m, 9.ix.1981 (Oxford
Far East Exp.) BM noctuid slide 17990.
Geographical
range. Borneo.
Habitat
preference. G. Santubong is a small, isolated peak in an area of forest,
including heath forest, near Kuching.
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