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Pterogonia
nubes
Hampson
Craspedogonia nubes Hampson, 1893, Illust. typical Specimens lepid.
Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 9: 117.
Pterogonia
nerissa
Swinhoe, 1902, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 9: 83.
Pterogonia nubes Hampson; Kobes, 1997: 68.
Pterogonia nubes
Pterogonia nubes
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Diagnosis. Both sexes have dark reddish brown forewings with darker striae
and a pale bluish grey speckled streak bisecting the apical angle. The male
forewing margin is rounded, that of the female centrally angled.
Geographical range. Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo,
Philippines, Sulawesi.
Habitat preference. This is a lowland forest species that extends weakly
into the lower montane forest zone at 1000m. During the Mulu survey it was more
frequent in alluvial forest.
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