SUBFAMILY STICTOPTERINAE
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Lophoptera torrens Warren
   
Lophoptera torrens Warren, 1914, Novit. zool. 21: 418.


Lophoptera torrens


Diagnosis.
The circular basal and triangular distal rich brown zones of the otherwise very pale brown forewing are diagnostic; there is an almost white lenticular submarginal with a row of dark spots distad.

Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia (H.S. Barlow collection), Borneo.

Habitat preference. Only two specimens have been taken in Borneo; the only one with precise data was from hill dipterocarp forest at 350m, Ulu Temburong, Brunei.

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