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Mesotrophe
curtisi Prout comb. n.
Anisodes curtisi Prout, 1920, Novit. zool., 27: 303.
Diagnosis. The facies is much as in many Perixera Meyrick species, such as P.
roseofusa Warren and P. ochraria Warren, but the general colour is
slightly pinker, the fasciae more diffuse, less oblique on the forewing, where
the discal spot is diagnostically pale-centred (P. dotilla Swinhoe and P.
flavispila Warren have this feature but are paler pinkish grey, with the
hindwing discal spot prominent).
Taxonomic notes. The venation of the male forewing is not modified but the genitalia
indicate that curtisi is a Mesotrophe: the separated digitate
uncus processes; the quadrate valves; the broad, short aedeagus.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat preference. Two Waterstradt specimens without altitude data from
G. Kinabalu have been seen.
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