Imaus
munda Walker
Lymantria munda Walker, 1855, List Specimens lepid. Insects
Colln Br. Mus., 4: 875.
Imaus mundus collenettei Toxopeus,
1948, Treubia, 19: 451.
Diagnosis. The facies is similar to that of species of Psilochira Toxopeus,
discussed next, but the ground colour is diagnostically pale grey and the basal
zone of the forewing is more strongly and irregularly punctate.
Geographical range. N. India to Sundaland.
Habitat preference. Only three specimens have been taken in recent
surveys, all in Brunei: a male from 300m in Ulu Temburong; a female from 60m in
Ulu Belait; a female from 1670m on Bukit Pagon.
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