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Mythimna
(Leucania) nabalua
Holloway
Leucania
nabalua Holloway, 1976: 8.
Leucania celebensis Tams sensu Calora, 1966: 661.
Mythimna
nabalua  (holotype)
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Diagnosis. This and the next species have rather grey,
irregularly striate forewings, usually with a distinct dark dot at the disc. M.
nabalua is generally somewhat darker than simillima but is best
distinguished by the male genitalia where the cucullus is relatively half the
length, the costal process associated with the harpe is evenly curved rather
than sinuous, and the spatulate process from the ventral basal part of the harpe
is flexed ventral rather than dorsad.
Taxonomic notes. M. celebensis Tams may be the sister-species of nabalua
but has paler, more uniform, almost silvery grey forewings and a more
rounded, larger, less asymmetrical spatulate process from the harpe base.
Geographical range. Borneo, Philippines.
Habitat preference. On G. Kinabalu the species is infrequent in
cultivated areas at Bundu Tuhan (1200m) and Kundasan (1050m). It has been taken
in similar habitats and disturbed, secondary forest in the lowlands of Brunei.
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