Gunda
subnotata Walker comb. n.
Bombyx subnotata Walker, 1859, J., Linn. Soc.
Lond. (Zool.) 3: 188.
Hanisa subnotata Walker; Moore, 1879, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1879: 406.
Diagnosis. Males are the smallest, darkest, most reddish brown and most uniform
amongst the three Bornean species but with a pale discal spot on the forewing
and medial fasciation that is only strong at the dorsum. The paler female also
shows this latter feature and is also more reddish than females of the other
species. The forewings are not falcate, and there is a pale grey patch at the
angle of the centre of the margin.
Taxonomic note. Features of the male genitalia accord with the definition of
Gunda so this species, the type species of Hanisa Moore, is combined with that
genus, with consequent synonymy of Hanisa.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra (in coll. Bender),
Borneo, Palawan.
Habitat preference. The single Bornean female was taken in the vicinity of G.
Kinabalu. Peninsular Malaysia specimens have been taken in montane localities (Genting,
Cameron Highlands) but the type specimen from Singapore must have been collected
in a lowland habitat.
Biology. A female in the collection of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia has
extruded from its abdomen a string of four rather flattened eggs, suggesting
they may be laid in rows.
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