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Stenopterygia
calida Walker
stat, rev.
Xylina calida Walker,
1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool), 6:195.
Stenopterygia hemiphaea Hampson, 1911, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 8: 426, syn. n.
Stenopterygia commixta Warren, 1912,Novit. zool., 19: 14 syn. n.
Diagnosis.
The species
is dark brown with ligneous patterning on the forewing. The zone basal to the
reniform is often conspicuously darkened, almost black. If this black zone is
absent, there is usually a basal, longitudinal black streak just in from the
dorsum. The forewings are deeper than in Sasunaga species.
Taxonomic note. The name calida is revived from synonymy with subcurva.
Geographical
range. Peninsular
Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. The
species is frequent in forested areas from the lowlands to 2000m.
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