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Utriculofera fuscapex Hampson 
   
Utriculofera fuscapex Hampson, 1893, Illust. typical Specimens lepid. 
   
Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 9: 82.


Utriculofera fuscapex (x 1.73)


Fig.4e: Utriculofera fuscapex Hampson


Diagnosis.
The forewings are pale bone-white, irrorated with blackish scales lightly (intense at the costa) in the medial zone between two irregular pale fasciae, and strongly in an apical triangle and in a small subbasal patch on the dorsum. There is a transverse pair of black discal dots.

Geographical range. Sri Lanka, India, Borneo.

Habitat preference. Three specimens have been taken in lowland forest at Labi (30-60m) and the Ulu Temburong (300m) in Brunei.

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