::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY EUSTROTIINAE

�Eulocastra� albipunctella Hampson (Plate 3)

�� Eulocastra albipunctella Hampson, 1918, Novit. zool., 25: 186.

Diagnosis and taxonomic note. The facies is very similar to that of typical Naarda Walker (Holloway, 2008), but the species is smaller than any Bornean member of that genus, and has a transversely elongate pale yellow discal spot to the forewings that is surrounded by black. However, the labial palps are very much shorter and smaller than in Naarda, not protruding beyond the head. It is somewhat similar to the Indian E. phaella Hampson, and both are atypical of the genus in facies.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. Only the holotype is known, taken on Pulo Laut, an island close to the south‑east of Borneo.

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