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Diarsia
stictica Poujade
Agrotis stictica Poujade, 1887, Annls. Soc. ent. France (6), 7: 68.
Graphiphora
viaria Swinhoe, 1889, Proc. zoo1. Soc. Lond., 1889: 412.
Diarsia stictica Poujade; Holloway, 1976: 7.
Diagnosis.
The male
antennae are bipectinate as in the next species, but the forewings are greyer,
slightly rufous in the male and purplish in the female. A high proportion of
specimens has black within the forewing cell basal to both stigmata. The
reniform lacks the marked posterior darkening of that of the next species. The
forewing lacks the fine submarginal yellow line of the first two species
described.
Geographical
range. India,
W. China, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. The
species is known from G. Murud in Sarawak and from G. Kinabalu where it ranges
from 2110m to 3150m, commonest at 2600m.
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