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Arctornis rutila
Fabricius
comb. n.
Bombyx
rutila Fabricius,
1781, Mant. Ins., 2:123.
Scarpona
ennomoides Walker ,
1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6:123. syns. n.
Ciaca
urapterides Walker ,
1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 2: 397. syns. n.
Topomesa
subinanis Walker ,
1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1921.
syns. n.
Leucoma
geometrica Semper ,
1899, Die Schmetterlinge der Phihippinischen Inseln, 2:
475. syns. n.
Diagnosis. The wings are pale yellow with distinctive dark fringes and a slight
angle to the forewing margin. Between this angle and the apex there is a broader
brown patch. The forewing venation has a long areole.
Taxonomic note. A related species, A. primula Swinhoe comb. n., occurs in
Sangihe and Sulawesi.
Geographical range. Thailand, Burma, ?India, Sundaland, Philippines.
Habitat preference. This is a frequent species of lowland forest,
including heath and swamp forest, and extends up to the lower montane zone at
1000m.
Biology. The larva has been reared from Diospyros (Ebenaceae) in Borneo
(unpublished IIE records).
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