::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY ARAEOPTERONINAE

Araeopteron griseata Hampson (Plate 3)

�� Araeoptera griseata Hampson, 1907,� J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 17: 671.

Diagnosis. The wings are narrow, a medium grey with darker markings and black dots. The forewing antemedial is oblique, and the discal dash is prominent. There is a series of black marks along the discal margins, and the postmedial forms a more intense dark mark at the dorsum of the hindwing.

Geographical range. Sri Lanka, ?Peninsular Malaysia, ?Borneo. Robinson (1975) recorded a single specimen from Fiji.

Habitat preference. The only specimens seen are three from Pulo Laut, but these are worn, and the identification is tentative.

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