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Caulocera xantholopha Hampson
Caulocera xantholopha Hampson, 1900, Cat.
Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 2: 529.
Fig.5a:
Caulocera xantholopha Hampson, drawing of wing from Hampson (1900)
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Fig.5g:
Caulocera xantholopha Hampson, photograph from Hampson (1900)
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Fig.5c:
Caulocera xantholopha Hampson, drawing of wing from Hampson (1900)
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Diagnosis.
See the
generic description and Figs 5a-c. The forewing costa is strongly bowed towards
the base and tinged more strongly with brown at that point. The rest of the
forewing is variegated with pale brown with an obtusely angled white fascia in
the postmedial area. A pale yellowish brush of scales emerges from under the
dorsum of the forewing, and the dorsum of the hindwing is folded upwards. The
forewing tornus is slightly yellowed, and the scales at the tornal margin are
more robust and elongate. The specimen is exceedingly fragile and barely
attached to its pin, so dissection has not been attempted.
Geographical
range. Borneo.
Habitat
preference. Only
the holotype male is known, from Pulo Laut, a low-lying island at the south-east
of Borneo.
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