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Pasiphila
palpata Walker comb. n.
Cidaria
palpata Walker,
1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 25: 1404.
Eupithecia
variegata Moore,
1887, Lep. Ceylon, 3: 479.
Eupithecia
virescens Moore,
1887, Ibid., 3: 479.
Chlorocystis
palpata sspp.
diechusa Prout, javana Prout, 1958, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.)
6:
422-3.
Chloroclystis
palpata wongi Holloway,
1976: 68.
Pasiphila
palpata 
(paratype
of wongi)
(x 1.33) |
Pasiphila
palpata
(paratype
of wongi)
(x 1.33) |
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Diagnosis. The facies is similar to that of the next three species except the
hindwings are paler, more clearly fasciated. The labial palps are longer than in
subpalpata Prout but not as long as in coelica Prout or sayata Holloway:
they are pale fawn throughout rather than dark brown or with the third segment
dark.
Geographical range. Indian Subregion, W. China; Borneo (ssp. wongi); Java
(ssp. javana).
Habitat preference. The species is common on G. Kinabalu but has yet to
be recorded from other mountains. It occurs abundantly at 2400m, but ranges from
1930m to 3150m.
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