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Xenochroa
annae
Swinhoe comb. n.
Carea annae Swinhoe, 1904, Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1904: 140.
Carea annae ab.
ochreobrunnea
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 91.
Carea annae ab.
prominens
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 91.
Carea annae
ochreobrunnea
Gaede and
prominens
Gaede, 1937, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 430.
Carea annae Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 23.
Diehlea annae Swinhoe; Kobes, 1997: 96.
Diagnosis. The forewings have fine striae throughout, an angled distal
margin and diagnostic submarginal silvering that strengthens towards the tornus.
The hindwings below have oblique, dark, crimson-red striae and bands on a
pinkish ground.
Taxonomic note. The species was transferred to
Diehlea
by Kobes (1997) but this placement is not supported. The male genitalia have
more of the features of
Calymera
Moore and Xenochroa
Felder, with a row of ten cornuti in the aedeagus vesica. The tymbal organs (Fig
233) are as complex as in these genera and have very broad apodemes. The female
has a large but squat signum of the golf-tee type. The characters on balance
indicate that transference to Xenochroa is preferable.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi.
Habitat preference. The species is found up to 1618m. It is never common but
has a high ecological amplitude, being found in dipterocarp forest as well as
heath and coastal forest in the lowlands, and has been taken in secondary forest
and cultivated areas. During the Mulu survey it was more frequent on the
transect up the limestone G. Api to 1200m.
Biology. Yunus & Ho (1980) gave Eugenia (Myrtaceae) as a larval
host-plant.
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