::The Moths of Borneo::

SUBFAMILY HERMINIINAE
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Hadennia mysalis Walker
     Bocana mysalis Walker, 1859, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 17: 886.
     Bertula albinotalis Moore, 1877, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 613.
     Hadennia prunosa Moore, [1885] (1884-1887), Lep. Ceylon 3: 1237.
     Hadennia ignicoma Swinhoe, 1890, Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1890: 264.
     Hadennia palpiplumalis Owada, 1987: 38.

Hadennia mysalis

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Diagnosis. See the previous species.

Taxonomic note. Poole (1989) listed prunosa as ‘brunosa’.

Geographical range. Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, Andamans, Borneo.

Habitat preference. This is a species infrequent in lowland forest like hypenalis, but appears to be more tolerant of disturbance, being taken also in areas of secondary and logged forest.

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