FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE
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Ocinara albiceps Walker
Naprepa albiceps Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 6: 172.
Ocinara albiceps Walker; Dierl, 1978: 235; Barlow, 1982: 45.


Ocinara albiceps
(natural size)


Diagnosis.
The ground colour is pale yellow, deeper on the hindwing, with greyish brown markings, in particular a diffuse, oblique medial band.

Geographical range. Sundaland.

Habitat preference. The species is most frequent in lowland, especially alluvial forest, but has also been taken in the lower montane zone.

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