Gonoglasa
nigripalpis Walker
Toxocampa?
nigripalpis Walker
[1863] 1864, J.
Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 80.
Gonoglasa
nigripalpis |
Diagnosis.
The species is a paler grey than camptogramma, with a more falcate forewing apex. The pale fasciae
are slightly more irregular and less conspicuous, the antemedial terminating in
a black semicircle on the dorsum.
Geographical
range. Borneo, Sumatra (HS / ZSM), Thailand (VK).
Habitat
preference. All four known specimens are from the lowlands. Old material
consists of the holotype from near Kuching in Sarawak (A.R.
Wallace)
and a specimen from Sandakan on the coast of Sabah. Two specimens were taken in
alluvial forest near limestone by the Melinau river at 70m and 100m during the
Mulu survey.
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