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Lymantria sublunata Rothschild
Dasychira
sublunata Rothschild,
1920, J. fed. Malay St. Mus., 8 (3): 132.
Diagnosis. This is a much darker species than the other named ones, with (seen more
clearly in females) the forewing chevron broken into three elements and with the
antemedial more obscure, distally convex, its general line meeting the dorsum
obliquely. The valves are slender as in sarantuja and the next species,
but incurved. The juxta is usually broader, bilobed distally.
Geographical range. Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species is frequent in lowland forest, including
heath and swamp forest types.
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