Image of Abaciscus costimacula adjuncta Prout ♂ (in colln Herbulot)
♂ (in colln Herbulot)

Abaciscus costimacula adjuncta Prout comb. n.

Alcis costimacula Wileman, 1912, Entomologis t 45: 72.

Ectropis costimacula adjuncta Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill. Mus. Witley, 2 :151.

Proteostrenia ochrimacula [sic] var . ochrispila Wehrli, 1936, Ent. Rundschau, 54: 3.

Prionostrenia ochrimacula [sic] Wileman ssp. ochrispila; Wehrli, 1939, Gross-Schmett. Erde. 4, Suppl.: 317.

Diagnosis

The species is very similar to A. intractabilis but in Sundaland is distinguished by the narrow dull fawn-yellow band along the forewing costa. The zone between the medial and postmedial on the hindwing also tends to be paler.

Geographical Range

Taiwan, China; Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

A single male was taken by M C. Herbulot at 1200m at Kundasan on the south slopes of G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia:

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Species (6)


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