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Psilalcis
bisinuata Hampson comb. n.
Boarmia bisinuata Hampson, 1895, Fauna of British India,
Moths, 3: 261.
Ectropis bisinuata dignampta Prout,
1927, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 31: 926.
Boarmia bisinuata Hampson or close; Holloway, 1976: 82.
Diagnosis. This species is larger than conceptaria, with fine linear
fasciae. The forewing postmedial is diagnostically angled at one third from the
costa, and the hindwing antemedial is straight.
Taxonomic notes. In external features the species resembles Psilalcis pulveraria Wileman
comb. n. from Taiwan, but in its male genitalia it is very close to P.
conspicuata Moore comb. n., the type species of Paralcis. A feature
of all is the presence of a superuncus, seen also in some other taxa in the
complex. The female genitalia have the signum weak, a scobinate, U-shaped zone
of sclerotisation.
Geographical range. Himalaya, W. China, Burma, Borneo.
Habitat preference. Records from G. Kinabalu were from 1620m and 1760m
but during the Mulu survey a few specimens were taken in lower montane forest at
1000m on G. Mulu, and one in lower montane forest at 900m on G. Api.
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