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Mniothripa
lichenigera
Hampson
Giaura lichenigera Hampson, 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 16: 543.
Diagnosis. The forewings tend to have a greenish tinge, the reniform being
more elongate and less distinctly bilobed than in congeners. In the male
genitalia the valve apex is more symmetrically spatulate, rounded than in other
species, the setae fine and dense around the margin but coarser and more
dispersed in the centre. The setae on the sacculus are also fine. The aedeagus
vesica contains a small group of almost granular cornuti. The tymbal organ has a
pair of coremata associated with it. In the female the anterior margin of the
ostium is a simple arch. The bursa is relatively narrow, with a more sclerotised
zone basally.
Geographical range. Singapore, N.E. Himalaya, Borneo.
Habitat preference. A single male has been taken at 300m on G. Santubong
near Kuching in Sarawak.
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