TRIBE TRICHOPTERYGINI
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Goniopteroloba biconjuncta Prout 
   
Goniopteroloba biconjuncta Prout, 1926, Sarawak Mus. J. 3:188.
   
Goniopteroloba biconjuncta Prout; Holloway, 1976: 70.


Goniopteroloba biconjuncta


Diagnosis. The wings are a pale straw yellow, fasciated in a rather reticulate manner with dark brown. This pattern, in conjunction with the generic wing-shape character, is diagnostic for biconjuncta and G. kerangaphila sp. n., a smaller, browner insect (see description below).

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The species is recorded from 1500m to 2110m on G. Kinabalu, from 2000m on G. Murud and from just under 1800m on G. Mulu.

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