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Holocraspedon bilineata Hampson
comb. n.
Eugoa bilineata Hampson, 1901. Ann. Mag. nat.
Hist. (7), 8:185.
Nola lauta Swinhoe, 1903, Ann. Mag. nat.
Hist. (7,), 11: 502, syn.
n.
Holocraspedon
bilineata 
(x 1.56)
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Diagnosis.
The pattern
of dark brown markings on the fawn forewing is distinctive, particularly in the
area distal to the postmedial where a series of streaks anteriorly gives way
posteriorly to an oblique line that runs to the dorsal angle.
Taxonomic
note. The
two taxa brought into synonymy are identical in facies and male genitalia, both
of which conform to the general features of the genus. The aedeagus vesica has
an arc of about 20 moderate spines.
Geographical
range. Singapore,
Thailand, N.E. Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumbawa.
Habitat
preference. The
species is uncommon in lowland forest but may be more frequent in wet heath (kerangas) forest. The highest records are from 600m on
G. Kinabalu and G. Trus
Madi.
Biology.
Yunus &
Ho (1980) record the larva (as Philenora
lauta) from Coffea (Rubiaceae),
but this, for reasons given in the Introduction (see Introduction), should be treated with caution; see also Meteugoa
obliquiata Hampson below.
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