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Lemyra
bornemontana sp. n.
Spilosoma biseriata Moore
sensu Holloway, 1976: 4.
Lemyra
bornemontana  (paratype) |
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17-18mm. The wings and body are pale dull orange, the abdomen and dorsal
half of the hindwings suffused pink, and the patagia strongly edged in pink. The
forewing fasciae are as illustrated, the antemedial only weakly angled, the
postmedial separate, sinuous, usually weak or broken opposite the discal area.
Kinabalu material (not included in the type series) is paler, usually with a
submarginal spot distal to the break in the postmedial. The male genitalia are
typical of the group. Other pale orange or yellow species (biseriata Moore,
Andamans; kannegieteri Rothschild, N. Nias; flavens Moore, N.E.
Himalaya) have the forewing antemedial more angled and variable development of
black spotting on the hindwing.
Holotyped SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway
et al.), BM 1978-206, site 5, January, Camp 4, Mulu 1780m 451463 (upper
montane forest). BM arctiid slide 4108.
Paratypes: 2
as
holotype; 3
with same general data but Sites 1
and 2.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. On G. Kinabalu the species was frequent from 1500m (Mesilau
Plateau) to 1930m (Power Station). On G. Mulu it was frequent in upper montane
forest at just below 1800m.
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