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Lymantria
singapura Swinhoe
Lymantria singapura Swinhoe,
1906, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 17: 547.
Lymantria singapura Swinhoe;
Holloway, 1976: 50.
Lymantria
singapura 
(mangrove) |
Lymantria
singapura |
Lymantria
singapura  |
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Diagnosis. The fasciation of the male forewing is strong and even, the discal
chevron conspicuous. The hindwing is diagnostically pinkish with a strong grey
border: two specimens from mangrove in Brunei have the pink area of the hindwing
more greyish but do not differ in genitalia. The female has similarly strong but
more block-like markings on the forewing. The discal mark is a simple chevron:
in the next two species it has additional elements distally.
Geographical range. Sundaland, Lombok.
Habitat preference. Most records are from lowland forest, including
mangrove forest, but one specimen was taken at 1200m on G. Kinabalu.
Biology. The larva has been recorded from Pinus (Pinaceae) in Peninsular
Malaysia (unpublished FRIM records).
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