Amata apicelisa Holloway sp. n.

♂ 14mm, ♀ 16mm. The species resembles A. wallacei paucicincta but is distinguished by white apices to the forewings. The white spots on the wings are larger than in stellaris Snellen; stellaris has narrower, white rings to the abdomen. In the male genitalia the aedeagus vesica has a broad lateral lobe as in wallacei but with the spines somewhat more robust and of more even length. The valves are more tapering than in wallacei or stellaris; the latter has a similar aedeagus vesica but with slender cornuti on the lateral lobe and far fewer spines on the main tube of the vesica.

Holotype ♂

Bidi, SARAWAK, 1907-1908 (C.J. Brooks), BM arctiid slide 4266.

Paratype

1 ♀ as holotype.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The type locality is in the lowlands.

Genitalia: