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Risoba
caeruleata
sp. n.
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Risoba caeruleata
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18mm. The forewings are mainly deep bluish green, the black fasciae roughly as
in jucunda but more distinctly punctate, with the postmedial single. The
male genitalia have a costal flange as in jucunda but the aedeagus has a
central row of very short spines and the diverticulum of the vesica is more than
twice as long as in jucunda, with the fine spicules extending from the
tip to about one-third basad.
Holotype
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SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D.Holloway et al.),
BM noctuid slide 16688.
Paratype
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BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, rainforest, 29.4.81 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen).
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The specimens are from lowland and lower montane forest.
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