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Lyclene
angulifera
sp.
n.
7-8mm, 
8mm. This species has the general characteristics of the cuneifera group, but in the male forewing the areole is basally
narrow, broader distally, with M1 distinctly angled centrally rather than evenly
curved. This is the smallest and least heavily marked species. The male
genitalia have the costal and saccular processes of the valve present and
distinct from the central rounded apical part. The aedeagus vesica has a long
cornutus that appears to be formed from the fusion of several spines, and there
is coarse scobination elsewhere. The female bursa is spined throughout, more
coarsely apically, and distinctly expanded basally.
Holotype
SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway
et al.), Site 20, Mar.-Apr., W. Melinau Gorge, 150m. 422577, FEG 3, kerangas,
BM arctiid slide 5422.
Paratypes:
3 (slide
2702), 3 (slide 2722) as holotype; 12 (slides 2701, 2703), 2 (dissected
specimens only; slides 2720, 2721) general data as holotype but Sites 8, 11,
(150m, Camp 1, Mulu, mixed dipt. for.), 13 (500m, Camp 2, Mulu, mixed dipt.
for.), 14, 15 (1000m, Camp 2.5, Mulu, lower montane forest), 25 (900m, G. Api,
lower montane forest).
Geographical
range. Borneo,
Sumatra.
Habitat
preference. The
species has a similar ecological range to cuneifera,
but is the commonest of the three in the Mulu samples and shows some
preference for lowland heath forest and lower montane forest.
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