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Cleora contiguata Moore
Boarmia
contiguata Moore,
1867, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 631.
Carecomotis
contiguata Moore;
Fletcher, 1953, describes subspecies.
Diagnosis. See C. biclavata.
Taxonomic notes. The species has a number of subspecies with
distinctive male genitalia. The Bornean race brooksi Fletcher also flies
in Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.
Geographical range. Oriental
tropics to Sundaland and Philippines.
Habitat preference. Records
during the Mulu survey were mainly from hill dipterocarp, alluvial and limestone
forest in the lowlands, though two specimens were taken at 1000m in lower
montane forest in G. Mulu.
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