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“Nudaria” albipunctella Hampson comb. n.
Palaeopsis albipunctella Hampson, 1914, Cat.
Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.), 1: 805.
Palaeopsis sialinella van Eecke, 1926, Zool.
Meded. Leiden, 9: 274, syn. n.
Nudaria albipunctella 
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Diagnosis.
The wings
are slightly diaphanous, the forewings dull, pale pink with irregular whitish
fasciation and a longitudinal white subcostal streak. The hindwings are white.
See also the generic description.
Taxonomic
note. See
the generic description for the dubious status of this species in Nudaria.
Geographical
range. Borneo,
Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat
preference. The
type locality is Kuching, and three further specimens have been taken nearby at
Semongok. Two have been taken at about 600m at Poring in Sabah.
Biology.
There is a
specimen from Peninsular Malaysia labelled ‘Host 8151 lac insect’.
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