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Meteugoa ochrivena Hampson 
   
Eugoa ochrivena Hampson, 1898, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11: 439.


Meteugoa ochrivena
(x 1.56)


Fig.7f: Meteugoa ochrivena
Hampson
 


Diagnosis.
See the generic description. The facies has some similarity to that of the Holocraspedon species, but is distinguished by the strongly angled medial fascia between the two dots in the cell; this fascia usually has dark shading extending away distad.

Taxonomic note. The closely related M. venochrea van Eecke occurs in Java.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, Taiwan, Borneo, Bali.

Habitat preference. Several specimens were taken at 1000m in lower montane forest on G. Mulu and one in hill dipterocarp forest at 500m. The species has also been taken in lowland forest at the Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah.

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