Callopistria callopistrioides Moore comb. n.

Thalpophila callopistrioides Moore, 1881, Proc. zool Soc. Lond., 1881:344.

Data similis Warren, 1911, Novit. zool., 18: 145, syn. n.

Data rhabdochlaena Wileman & West, 1929,Novit. zool., 35:5, syn. n.

Diagnosis

See Callopistria thalpophiloides Walker.

Taxonomic notes

The taxa synonymised with callopistrioides are close in facies and genitalia, though rhabdochlaena from the Philippines has a distinctive white spot associated with the forewing reniform. A darker species, undescribed (slide 14305), flies with callopistrioides in the N.E. Himalaya; it has a more irregular postmedial.*

Geographical range

N.E. Himalaya, Burma, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

The few Bornean specimens seen are from lowland forest localities.

Genitalia: