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Hypomecis
separata Walker
Boarmia separata Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects
Colln Br. Mus., 21: 381.
Boarmia retractaria Walker,
1860, Ibid. 21: 386.
Boarmia intectaria Walker,
1862, Ibid. 26: 1535.
Diagnosis. This is a dark, rich brown and grey species, with pale, browner zones
broadly along the forewing costa and in the centre of the hindwing. It differs
from similar Ruttellerona species (See
Ruttellerona
Swinhoe) in lacking a pale zone at the
hindwing tornus or black markings in the forewing cell on the underside.
Geographical range. Oriental tropics to Sundaland.
Habitat preference. The species is frequent in a range of lowland forest
types.
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