FAMILY LIMACODIDAE
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Althonarosa cretacea sp. n.  


Althonarosa cretacea
(holotype)


 
13mm. The forewing facies is as in horisyaensis, though the markings are somewhat fainter. The male genitalia differ in lacking the spines on the apex of the somewhat sinuous aedeagus, and in having a triangular flap in the saccular zone of the valve and a central prong extending from a ridge between more angular lateral lobes of the juxta.

Holotype SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) BM 1978-206, Site 25, April, G. Api, 900m, 427550, Lower montane forest. BM limacodid slide 690.

Paratypes. 4 as holotype.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The type series is from lower montane forest on limestone.

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