::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY AEDIINAE

Aedia perdicipennis Moore comb. n. (Plate 2, Figs 62, 64)

�� Anophia perdicipennis Moore, 1882, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln
�� W.S. Atkinson: 162.

Diagnosis. The forewings are a paler grey, tinged yellow and marked with black. The antemedial is distinctly oblique, triarcuate. The postmedial is angled centrally, with a diagnostic extension of the angle to the distal margin.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Taiwan, Burma, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference. Single specimens have been taken in recent surveys from lowland forest at 170m near the Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah and at 30‑60m at Labi in Brunei. There is also an older specimen from Samarinda in the lowlands of Kalimantan.

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