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Plagiograpta
pseudocondensa
sp. n.
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Plagiograpta
pseudocondensa
(holotype) |
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10mm. See the previous
species. The facies is similar to that of
condensa
Kobes (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Sulawesi, New Guinea), but the longitudinal
white streak of the forewing is more regular, lacking the two excavations in its
posterior edge seen in condensa. The male genitalia have a dense
rhomboidal zone of hair bases at the centre of the dorsal part of the valve as
in macrodonta and gertae, rather than the more diffuse and
elongate zone seen in condensa. The setal bases on the sacculus are
larger but less densely packed than in condensa; the more basal patch is
broader, shorter, less oblique, and there is a third, more distal, weakly
oblique patch not seen in condensa. The socius-like structures of the
scaphium are not as broad as in condensa.
Holotype
. SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu
Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D.Holloway et al.), Site 27, April, G.
Api, 1500m, Pandanus Camp, 429451, scrub, Pandanus, BM noctuid slide
17405.
Geographical range.
Borneo.
Habitat preference.
The only specimen is from an
area of montane scrub with much Pandanus at 1500m on the limestone G. Api
in Sarawak.
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