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Barsine
pallinflexa sp. n.
Barsine pallinflexa 
(paratype)
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9-10mm. The forewing facies is similar to
that of B. inflexa Moore comb. rev. (N.E. Himalaya), with
longitudinal red streaking crossed by grey fasciae on an orange-yellow ground, but the ground
colour is paler, the red less extensive, and the grey fasciae more conspicuous.
The antemedial and subbasal together form an �X� (more parallel for much of
their course in inflexa), the
posterior part of the antemedial extending through the postmedial to the tornus.
There is a semicircular grey line around the apex that is absent in inflexa,
and also a prominent dark discal dot. The hindwings are pale orange-pink in inflexa, paler yellow in
pallinflexa. The male genitalia lack the massive, disc-like development of
the base of the uncus of inflexa, and
have the valve apex deeply cleft rather than rounded.
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 4750.
Paratypes:1 as
holotype; 4, 1 general data as holotype but Sites 8, 9 (Camp 1,
Mulu, 140m, 150m,
mixed dipt. for.), 23 and 24 (W. Melinau Gorge, 250m, 270m, FEG 4, forest on
limestone); 1 SABAH: Poring, 1800ft., E. of Mt.
Kinabalu, 20-23.i.1976 (E. W. Classey); 1 MALAYSIA:
Sabah, Danum Valley, 170m, 4�68�N, 117�48�E (S.J. Willott) 1�
understorey 1U, Obs. Tower, DVFC, 29.iii.94.
Geographical
range. Borneo,
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.
Habitat
preference. All
records are from lowland forest, including heath forest.
Biology.
Kuroko &
Lewvanich (1993) noted a member of this species group (as Miltochrista sp.) as feeding on Citrus
(Rutaceae) as a larva.
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