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Lophoptera dialeuca Hampson
comb. n.
Gyrtona
dialeuca Hampson,
1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 16: 537:
Diagnosis. The forewings are rich brown with a central, longitudinal, diffusely
bordered pale cream streak; the dorsum has a narrow, pale cream band along it
that curves into the cream submarginal; the forewing facies has elements in
common with that of L. acuda but lacks the subtornal triangle. The
genitalia of both sexes are akin to those of acuda but the male uncus is
stouter and the lateral lobes of the female lamella vaginalis are narrower,
pyriform.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (holotype 
only).
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