Araeopteron canescens Walker

Isopteryx ? canescens Walker, [1866] 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br.

Mus., 34: 1318.

Isopteryx ? favillalis Walker, [1866] 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br.

Mus., 34: 1319.

Diagnosis

The wings are very narrow, medium grey and obliquely fasciated, the hindwing medial being conspicuously dark, with a pale band adjacent to it distally that is continued on the forewing submarginally. This is a more rufous tint and more irregular in Bornean material (ab. rubicunditincta Strand).

Geographical range

Australia, New Caledonia; Borneo.

Habitat preference

Only two specimens have been recorded, both from Pulo Laut.