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Kenguichardia orbus sp. n.
20mm.
Structural features are described in the generic account. The forewings are
shades of brownish grey, a paler anterior zone separated from a darker posterior
one by a boundary running from subbasally on the dorsum in a more or less
straight line to the apex. There are fine, very pale grey antemedial and
postmedial fasciae, a strong, dark brown discal stigma and a smaller 'orbicular'
stigma basal to it. The hindwings are medium brownish grey with a hint of a
darker discal lunule and pale postmedial band. The forewings below are almost
uniform brownish grey with only a hint of the upperside pattern evident.
Holotype
E. SABAH: Brumas, 500ft, 26.4.1973 (K.M. Guichard) BM notodontid
slide 1155.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The unique specimen was taken in tall lowland forest
that has probably now been logged, The specific epithet (orbus = orphan)
thus reflects not only the current lack of a family placement for the new
species, but also the demise of the habitat that nurtured it.
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