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Cerasana Walker
Cerasana
anceps Walker
Complex
Cerasana anceps Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool.
6:123.
Cerasana anceps Walker; Kiriakoff, 1968: 46.
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Cerasana
anceps 
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Diagnosis. The species bear a superficial resemblance to Lymantriidae in the genera
Lymantria and Imaus. They can be distinguished by the rather oval
shape to the forewing and by the double row of black dots on the blunt, often
rather bulbous abdomen.
Taxonomic note. Since going to press it was discovered that three species of Cerasana
are found in Borneo. The situation is discussed in a postscript.
Geographical range. Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines.
Habitat preference. In the Mulu survey the species were taken
infrequently in lowland forest, mainly alluvial and riverine forest. In Brunei
one occurs in a variety of habitats such as dipterocarp forest in Ulu Temburong,
dry kerangas at Telisai, and secondary and coastal associations at Seria.
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