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Paectes osseotrigona sp. n.
Paectes osseotrigona  (paratype) |
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15-16mm. The species is similar to leucotrigona except the pale
zone of the forewing is less rufous, more bone colour, interrupted by faint
brown bars on the costa and diffusing away into grey towards the dorsum
medially; the posterior margin to the pale area approaches the dorsum at a less
acute angle basally; the subapical area just outside the postmedial pale loop is
black as in leucotrigona but the black is not broken by an oblique pale
line. The patagia are entirely bone colour as on the forewing; they are mostly
dark grey in leucotrigona.
Holotype . SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat.
Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) BM 1978-206, Site 25,
April, G. Api, 900m, 427550, lower montane forest, MV and Act., BM noctuid slide
11117.
Paratypes. 1 BRUNEI, 15m,
Telisai, sandy heath forest & Gymnostoma, 3.2.1979
(Lt. Col. M.G. Allen) BM noctuid slide 11126; l
Temburong, L.P. 298,
300m, BRUNEI, 18.ii.1982 (T. W. Harman).
Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra; a specimen from Java (Djoenggo
Ardjoeno, 4500ft) in the BMNH may be this species.
Habitat preference. The three specimens come from lower montane, kerangas
and hill dipterocarp forests.
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