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Scytalopteryx
elongata Snellen
Phyllopteryx elongata Snellen,
1889, Tijdschr. Ent., 32: 13.
Diagnosis. The combination of grey forewings and orange-red hindwings with a strong
central angle to their margins renders this species unmistakable.
Geographical range. Sundaland.
Habitat preference. The species is rare, the only specimen seen with
precise data being from lowland forest at 300m in the Ulu Temburong, Brunei.
Biology. The known host-plants are Cocos, Elaeis (Palmae), Coffea (Rubiaceae)
and Lablab (Leguminosae) (Yunus & Ho, 1980; R. Desmier de Chenon, pers.
comm.).
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