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Batracharta
obliqua Walker
Batracharta
obliqua Walker,
1862, J.
Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 196.
Pilosocrures
variegata Hampson, 1891, Illust. typical Specimens lepid.
Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 8: 85, syn. rev.
Diagnosis.
The generally curved and strongly oblique cream and dark brown patterning on the
forewing is unmistakable.
Taxonomic
note. Poole (1989) treated variegata
as
a good species, despite it having been placed as a synonym of obliqua
by
Hampson (1894, Fauna Br. India, Moths, 2: 444).
Geographical
range. Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand (VK), Philippines,
Sulawesi; S. India (variegata).
Habitat
preference. All specimens seen have been taken at altitudes at or below
300m, often in rainforest, but also in coastal areas.
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