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“Pseudogyrtona”
modesta
Moore
Phyllophila
modesta Moore,
1884-1887 [1884]: 55.
Phyllophila
grisea Hampson, 1893, Illust. typical Specimens lepid.
Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 9: 20.
Diagnosis.
The male antennae are bipectinate. The forewings are pale grey, suffusing darker
towards the margin. The reniform is a hollow, dark lunule, and the finely
punctate dark postmedial angles in a zig-zag around it. There is an irregular
pale submarginal fascia within the darker grey marginal zone. There is no
subapical pale spot on the forewing underside.
Taxonomic
note. P. bilineatoides Poole (bilineata Bethune-Baker,
praeocc)
is a related species found in New Guinea. The valves of the male genitalia in
both species are narrow, apically tapering, without significant processes. The
eighth sternite is pouched, with a pair of slight coremata contained within a
slender but extensive frame of sclerotisation. The generic placement is
unsatisfactory, but no better combination has been located.
Geographical
range. Sri Lanka,
Borneo.
Habitat
preference. This is an infrequent species in lowland forest. During the
Mulu survey it was found to be more frequent on the transect of the limestone G.
Api, both in dipterocarp forest at around 250m and in lower montane forest at
900m.
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