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Parasinga cinerascens Kiriakoff
Parasinga
cinerascens Kiriakoff,
1974: 395.
Parasinga
subapicalis Kiriakoff,
1974: 396, syn. n.
Parasinga
tuhana Holloway,
1976: 57, fig. 358, syn. n.
Parasinga cinerascens  |
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Parasinga cinerascens |
Parasinga cinerascens
(holotype
tuhana) |
Parasinga cinerascens  |
Diagnosis. The species has grey forewings that vary from almost uniform to
fasciated (the holotype of cinerascens and, to some extent, that of tuhana)
or with subapical dark markings (the holotype of subapicalis). The
hindwing is somewhat darker than in the other species, except for the pale
costal zone.
Taxonomic note. Availability of a long series of this species has indicated the extent
of its variability which, in the past with limited material available, has led
to it being described severally. The characters of the male genitalia, such as
valve shape and the spatulate uncus, are relatively constant however.
Geographical range. Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species has mainly been taken infrequently in a
wide range of lowland forest types, such as hill dipterocarp, kerangas, swamp
forest and coastal associations. It has also been recorded from lower montane
forest on G. Mulu and upper montane forest at 1670 m on Bukit Pagon.
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