Sitvia denudata
Walker
Sitvia
denudata Walker,
1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 388.
Kettelia
lowii Butler,
1879, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1: 560.
Diagnosis. See generic description.
Geographical range. Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.
Habitat preference. The species is not common, all material seen being
from lowland rain forest.
Biology. A label on a specimen in BMNH refers to a mature larva, white, hairy,
that soon pupated. The pupa was light yellowish green, anally suspended. No
host-plant was recorded.
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