TRIBE SCOPULINI
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Scopula ?pallidiceps Warren
   
Scopula pallidiceps Warren, 1898, Novit. zool. , 5:19.


Scopula ?pallidiceps


Diagnosis. The species has paired black sagittate marks in the forewing postmedial as in voluptaria and pulchellata, but is intermediate in size, with the forewing discal spot brown, ovate, rather than a black dot.

Taxonomic notes. With just a female available for study, the identification is tentative.

Geographical range. Lombok, Bali, Java, ?Borneo.

Habitat preference. A single specimen was taken at Poring Hot Springs (600m) at the foot of G. Kinabalu in 1997.

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