Avittonia
albidentata Hampson
Avittonia
albidentata Hampson, 1926, Descr. Gen. Spec. Noctuinae Br.
Mus. p. 496.
Cyrtandra
borneensis Roepke, 1941, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 23: 29.
Diagnosis.
See the generic description; the mauve submarginal markings on dark brown are
distinctive.
Geographical
range. Singapore,
Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. Most older material is from mountain localities (G. Marapok, G.
Kinabalu) but without altitude data, though there is a specimen from the
lowlands of Kalimantan in the vicinity of Pontianak. In recent surveys a single
female has been recorded in lowland forest at Labi (30-60m) in Brunei, and one
specimen was taken in the understorey of primary forest at 170m near the Danum
Valley Field Centre in Sabah.
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