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Arctornis pseudungula sp.
n.
Arctornis pseudungula 
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20-22mm. The facies is as in ungula. The male
genitalia have the uncus as in ungula but the harpe is only strongly
curved near its base, straighter (or slightly sinuous) over the distal
two-thirds. The apical section is less evenly tapered, narrowing sharply and
asymmetrically at the very apex.
Holotype . SARAWAK: Gunung Mulu Nat.
Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site 15, February, Camp
2.5, Mulu, 1000m, 413461, lower montane forest, BM lymantriid slide 1572.
Paratypes: 1 (slide 2730) as holotype but site 14; 1(slide 2731) general data as
holotype but Site 13, Camp 2, Mulu, 500m, 401464, mixed dipt. for.; 1(slide
2153) BRUNEI: LP 298, Temburong, 300m, 15.ii.1982 (T.W. Harman); 1
(slide 2126) BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, rainforest, 30.6.1979 (Lt. Col. M.G.
Allen); 1 (slide 2729) BRUNEI: 30-60m,
Labi, lowland forest and secondary veg., 15.10.78 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen).
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The material is from lowland dipterocarp forest and
lower montane forest.
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