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Mnesiloba intentata Walker comb. n., stat. rev. 
   
Eupithecia intentata Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1676.
   
Eupithecia partitecta Prout, 1931, Novit. zool., 37: 25, syn. n.


Mnesiloba intentata
(Java) (x 1.16)


Mnesiloba intentata
(x 1.47)


Diagnosis. See Mnesiloba dentifascia Hampson stat. rev.

Geographical range. Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, Luzon, New Guinea.

Habitat preference. A single female has been taken in lowland dipterocarp forest at the Danum Valley Field Centre (170m) in Sabah. The holotype of intentata was taken by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak, probably also in the lowlands.

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