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Dilophothripa chrysorrhaea
Hampson
Dilophothripa chrysorrhaea Hampson, 1897, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc.,
11: 453.
Diagnosis. The wings are a blackish brown, the forewings with obscure paler
fasciae similar to those of Characoma. The tornal tuft of the male
hindwing is conspicuous and darker, and that wing in both sexes is generally
paler than the forewing.
Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines,
Sulawesi.
Habitat preference.
Bornean material is
restricted to single specimens from 900m and 1500m in montane forest and scrub
on the limestone G. Api, taken during the Mulu survey.
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