Catada nebrida Holloway sp. n.

Diagnosis

♂♂ , ♀♀ 12mm. The forewings are a more rufous yellow brown than in canaliferalis, and the medial band is wider and does not enclose a triangle in the discal area. In the male genitalia the valves have the costal margin more strongly convex than in canaliferalis over the basal two-thirds, then there is a curved concavity before the apex, which is squared rather than bifid. There is a ventrally directed spur submarginally and approximately centrally in relation to the ventral margin. The scaphium is tapering, apically acute as in the first three species.

Holotype ♂

BRUNEI: Anduki, 7.1.1980 (R. Fairclough).

Paratype

1 ♂ Kuching, 21.x.[18]97, BORNEO; 1 ♀ BRUNEI: 15m, Telisai, sandy heath forest and Gymnostoma, 3.2.1979 (Lt. Col. M .G. Allen); 1 ♂ SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.), Site 11, February, Camp 1, Mulu, 150m. 385470, mixed dipt. f., BM noctuid slide 19652; 1 ♂ (abdomen lost*)* BORNEO: Sabah, Danum Valley, 5° 01’N, 177° 47’ E, 29.ix.1987, 150m (A.H. Kirk-Spriggs), understorey forest; 1 ♂ Borneo: SARAWAK, Binatang nr. Sibu, Feb. 1926 (C.E. Pascoe); 1 ♂ Poeh Mts, SARAWAK, 3500’, vii.[18]92 (A. Everett).

Taxonomic notes

The description validates an unpublished name of Hampson.

Geographical range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Siberut I.

Habitat preference

All material is from lowland localities, mostly forested but some with disturbance. Anduki is a coastal locality.