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Manoba cowleyi
sp. n.
Manoba
cowleyi 
(paratype) |
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6-7mm. Externally the species is similar to
bulli
except the dark mark on the forewing costa is more rectangular than triangular,
and may be opposite a slight darkening on the dorsum. The valve shape is falcate
as in chamberlaini,
but the harpe is shorter, broader, less strongly angled. The aedeagus is short,
with a very small triangular spine at the apex. The vesica lacks ornamentation.
Holotype
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SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D.Holloway et al.),
Site 26, April, G. Api Pinnacles, 1200m. 428545, open scrub, BM noctuid slide
17447.
Paratypes
(general data as holotype): 4
(slides 17269, 17352, 17436, 17451) Site 25, April, G. Api, 900m. 427550, lower
montane forest.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species is common in lower montane forest on
limestone. Many other specimens are not included in the paratype series as they
have not been dissected.
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