SUBFAMILY WESTERMANNIINAE
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Westermannia elliptica Bryk
Westermannia elliptica Bryk, 1913, Int. ent. Z., 7: 217.
Iragaodes albiceps Matsumura, 1931, Insecta matsum., 5: 106.
Westermannia obscura Wileman, 1914, Entomologist, 47: 169.
Westermannia rajata Kobes, 1988, Heterocera Sumatrana, 2: 98.
Westermannia elliptica rajata Kobes; Sugi, 1991: 242; Kobes, 1997: 60.

 


Westermannia elliptica
(Sumatra)


Diagnosis.
See W. superba above.

Geographical range. Taiwan; Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (ssp. rajata).

H
aabitat preference. A single specimen was taken at 1790m on G. Mulu, and a further singleton was taken at 950m on G. Trus Madi in Sabah (Martini & Thöny, 1993).

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