“Carsina” bendioides Walker

Remigia bendioides, Walker, 1864, J. Linn. Soc (Zool.), 7: 184.

Diagnosis

The species resembles Loxioda mediofascia (see above), but is larger, somewhat more robust, the wings more extensively and evenly fasciated.

The dark discal marks are unipunctate rather than bipunctate.

The general colouring is a richer brown.

Taxonomic Notes

• This species is misplaced in Carsina.
• Blasticorhinus epixandus Rothschild (1920: 121; Sumatra) is a synonym of “Carsina” bendioides* Walker, syn. n.

Geographical range

Borneo, Thailand, Burma, India.

Habitat preference

The only Bornean specimens are the holotype male, taken by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak, probably in the lowlands, and another male from secondary forest near Brumas in the lowlands of Sabah. (Chey, 1994; also one record from Acacia mangium plantation).

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