TRIBE TIMANDRINI
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Synegiodes diffusifascia Swinhoe
   
Synegiodes diffusifascia Swinhoe, 1892, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1892: 11.
   
Synegiodes diffusifascia Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 63.


Synegiodes diffusifascia


Diagnosis. The speckled straw-coloured wings are traversed by two broad, pale grey bands, somewhat oblique on the forewing, where the more distal one contains pairs of black marks at the dorsum and one third from the costa. The hindwing has a small white discal spot, ringed finely with black.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is rare, known from G. Kinabalu (1500m and 1720m), with a single female taken on G. Mulu at 1790m.

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