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Tathothripa
continua
Walker
Ariola continua Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 196.
Ariola deflexa
Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 197.
Ariola includens
Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 197.
Bryophila
leucorrhiza
Felder, 1874, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara: pl. 100, fig. 12.
Tathothripa continua ab.
subdeflexa
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 84.
Tathothripa continua
subdeflexa
Gaede, 1937, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 398.
Tathothripa continua Walker; Holloway, 1976: 21.
Diagnosis. The forewings are narrow, dark brown, with a variable white zone
along the dorsum: complete; restricted to a basal semicircle; or a basal arc.
The hindwings are also dark but the abdomen is fawn, extending well beyond the
hindwings in spread male specimens.
Geographical range. N.W. India, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo,
Sulawesi, New Guinea.
Habitat preference. The species is common from the lowlands to about 1800m.
Biology.
Yunus & Ho (1980) noted Coffea (Rubiaceae) as a larval host-plant.
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