::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY ARAEOPTERONINAE

Acidaliodes strenualis Hampson (Plate 3)

�� Acidaliodes strenualis Hampson, 1914, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), 13: 166.

Diagnosis. The wing shape is typical of the Araeopteron group, and the colour is a darkish grey. There is a narrow, straight, pale submarginal on all wings, with the marginal zone distal to it slightly darker than the wings more basally. In this basal area on the forewing, there is some broad but diffuse banding of the grey, the medial area being slightly darker.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. The only specimen seen is the holotype female from Sarawak, collected by A.R. Wallace, probably in the lowlands.

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