Anachrostis siccana Walker

Conchylis? * siccana* Walker, 1863, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 28: 362.

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Diagnosis

The species resembles the type species of Anachrostis in forewing facies; the irregular fasciation, including the submarginal, is all somewhat darker than the ochreous brown ground but lacking any very dark punctuation, though there is a discal spot. The hindwings are duller brown than the forewings but only slightly darker.

Taxonomic note

The type material is in BMNH, not OUMNH, as stated by Poole (1989).

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The holotype is a male from Sarawak, taken by A.R. Wallace.

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Species (1)


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