Image of Arctornis cretosanaptha Holloway ♂ (paratype)
♂ (paratype)

Arctornis cretosanaptha Holloway sp. n.

♂♂ 16-17mm. The facies is as in keranganaphtha and mulunaphtha. The genitalia lack even a short harpe. The valves taper slightly to a rather rounded apex that has basally-directed robust setae around its dorsal margin.

Holotype ♂

SARAWAK: Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site 23, April, W. Melinau Gorge, 250m, 430558, FEG 4, limestone forest, BM lymantriid slide 1576.

Paratypes

  • 1 ♂ (slide 1575) as holotype
  • 1 ♂ (slide 1588) as holotype but Site 24, 270m.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

All material is from dipterocarp forest on the lower slopes of the limestone G. Api.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (83)


Copyright © Southdene Sdn. Bhd. All rights reserved. info@mothsofborneo.com