Araeopteron griseata Hampson

Araeoptera griseata Hampson, 1907, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 17: 671.

Diagnosis

The wings are narrow, a medium grey with darker markings and black dots. The forewing antemedial is oblique, and the discal dash is prominent. There is a series of black marks along the discal margins, and the postmedial forms a more intense dark mark at the dorsum of the hindwing.

Geographical range

Sri Lanka, ?Peninsular Malaysia, ?Borneo.

Robinson (1975) recorded a single specimen from Fiji.

Habitat preference

The only specimens seen are three from Pulo Laut, but these are worn, and the identification is tentative.