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Calliteara
pseudolairdae sp. n.
 22-25mm,  33-35mm. In forewing fades this
species is very similar to lairdae, though the most distal of the
antemedial series of fasciae is more indistinct towards the costa so that this
series as a whole appears to narrow at that point, and is overall slightly
narrower. The lunule of the postmedial between M1 and M2 tends to be more acute
and asymmetric in pseudolairdae. The male genitalia also indicate a
relationship to lairdae, but the processes of the eighth tergite are more
robust, closer together on a narrower base (more as in cinctata Moore
from N. India), the ventral part of the valve is produced into a distinct spine
distally (similar to that of lunulata Butler from Taiwan), and lacks a
central transverse flange, and the aedeagus vesica is shorter, with far fewer
and more robust spines.
Holotype SARAWAK:
Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site
1, January, Camp 4, Mulu, 1790m, 452463 [upper] montane moss forest, BM
lymantriid slide 1747.
Paratypes: 1 1 as
holotype; 1 (slide 2388), 1 BRUNEI: 1670m,
Bukit Pagon, montane forest, April 1981 (Allen & Harman).
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. Records
are from upper montane forest on G. Mulu and Bukit Pagon.
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