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Gyrtona
pyraloides Walker comb. n.
Chuduca pyraloides Walker,
1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 165.
Gyrtona albodentata Moore,
1882, Descr. new Indian Lepid. Colln Atkinson, p. 165.
Lophoptera kheili Pagenstecher, 1885, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk.
38: 30.
Diagnosis. The species has dark purplish brown forewings with faint whitish
markings, usually a submarginal row of dots, the subapical one most intense, and
a subdorsal patch at one third (not always present).
Geographical range. India, Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo,
Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bismarcks.
Habitat preference. A single specimen was taken in upper montane forest
on G. Mulu during the Mulu survey, but other Bornean material in the BMNH is
from lowland localities.
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