Batracharta obliqua Walker

Batracharta obliqua Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 196.

Pilosocrures variegata Hampson, 1891, Illust. typical Specimens lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus

Diagnosis

The generally curved and strongly oblique cream and dark brown patterning on the forewing is unmistakable.

Taxonomic note

Poole (1989) treated variegata as a good species, despite it having been placed as a synonym of obliqua by Hampson (1894, Fauna Br. India, Moths, 2: 444).

Geographical range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand (VK), Philippines, Sulawesi; S. India (variegata).

Habitat preference

All specimens seen have been taken at altitudes at or below 300m, often in rainforest, but also in coastal areas.

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