Poeta
quadrinotata Walker
Hypogramma
quadrinotata Walker,
1865, List
Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 893.
Diagnosis.
With its white fasciation on blackish brown and general size, the species is
somewhat similar to those in Caduca (p. 385). However, the fasciation is not punctate and
consists of white edging on each on each side of fine, irregular, dark fasciae.
The forewing margin has a black spot centrally.
Geographical
range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. The species is uncommon but has been recorded from a variety of
mostly forested habitats from the coast to 1780m.
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