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Xanthorhoe mesilauensis Holloway
   
Xanthorhoe mesilauensis Holloway, 1976: 65.


Xanthorhoe mesilauensis


Xanthorhoe mesilauensis


Diagnosis. Both sexes are grey, the forewings distinctively marked with tightly parallel antemedial and postmedial sequences of fine brownish fasciae either side of a narrow, clear medial zone that contains the small discal dot. Females are a considerably darker grey than the males.

Taxonomic notes. X. mesilauensis is most closely related to X. dissociata Warren from the mountains of Luzon.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The majority of specimens were taken in majestic montane forest at 1500m on the Mesilau Plateau of G. Kinabalu. One was taken also at Kamborangah (2110m).

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