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Vamuna
remelana Moore comb. rev.
Lithosia remelana Moore, 1865, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.,
1865:
798.
Gnophria quadrimaculata Möschler, 1872, Stettin.
ent. Ztg., 33: 352.
Agylla ramelana Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lepid.
Phalaenae Br. Mus., 2: 211.
Agylla ramelana ab. obsoleta Draudt, 1914, Gross-Schmett.
Erde, 10: 200.
Agylla ramelana ab. restricta Draudt, 1914, Gross-Schmett.
Erde, 10: 200.
Agylla remelana semiobsoleta Holloway, 1976: 2.
Diagnosis.
The two
Bornean representatives have a similar general appearance, but remelana
has a pure white ground colour, marked only with black, never tinged brown
or yellow. The margins on either side of the forewing apex are finely black, and
the wing often has a black band on the dorsal surface that is only weakly
expressed on the underside; the reverse is true in maculata Moore. The forewing band can be entire, absent or, more
rarely, present as just a few spots. The hindwing submarginal black spot seen in
typical Himalayan material is usually absent or only weakly expressed.
Taxonomic
note. Typical
Himalayan material has the saccular process of the valve slightly shorter, with
the row of lateral spines larger. The furcal processes are less acute.
Geographical
range. Himalaya,
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java; Borneo (ssp. semiobsoleta).
Habitat
preference. The
species ranges from 1050m to 2600m, being most abundant from about 1600m to
2000m.
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