::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY ARAEOPTERONINAE

�Sigela� punctata Hampson (Plate 3)

�� Pseudcraspedia punctata Hampson, 1898, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11: 704.

Diagnosis. The shape of the wings is as in Araeopteron, except the hindwing margin is slightly excavated in the region of M3. The wings are almost uniform medium grey with paler distal margins lined with black triangles in the spaces. There are very faintly darker, irregularly oblique, antemedial and postmedial fasciae on the forewing, with black marks on dentations in these, one on the antemedial and three on the postmedial as illustrated. There is a series of black and dark grey dashes along the forewing costa, the most prominent at one third.

Taxonomic note. M. Fibiger (pers. comm.) has advised that punctata is misplaced in Sigela but should probably be transferred (with the genus‑group name Pseudcraspedia) to Araeopteron.

Geographical range. Sikkim, Vietnam, Borneo, Australia (Nielsen et al., 1996).

Habitat preference. The only Bornean specimen is from Pulo Laut.

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