Xylostola
indistincta Moore
Vupara indistincta Moore, 1882, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln Atkinson, p.
163.
Xylostola indistincta Moore; Holloway, 1976: 15.
Diagnosis.
See the
generic account. The dark brown markings of the forewing include a punctate
orbicular and a multipunctate reniform, an apical shade with a sinuous row of
dots basal to it that is continued similarly sinuously by dots in the posterior
part of the postmedial; the anterior part of the postmedial is angled
irregularly. The margin is also punctate.
Geographical
range. Indo-Australian
tropics to New Guinea:
Habitat
preference. All
Bornean material was taken at 1050m and 1200m on G. Kinabalu in cultivated areas
(though with some forest remnants).
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