SUBFAMILY SYNTOMINAE
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Trichaetoides apicalis Walker comb. n.  
   
Tipulodes apicalis
Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 7:1620.
   
Syntomis flaviplaga Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.,), 6: 92.
   
Syntomis biplagata Snellen, 1880, Veth Midden Sumatra, 4: 33.
   
Trichaeta apicalis Walker; Seitz, 1912-1913: 67.


Trichaetoides apicalis


Diagnosis.
This species resembles albiplaga but the large transparent patch of the forewing is tinged yellowish and usually broader.

Geographical range. Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is probably similar in ecology to albiplaga.

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