Image of Chorodna pallidularia Moore ♂ (in FRC, Sepilok)
♂ (in FRC, Sepilok)

Chorodna pallidularia Moore

Chorodna pallidularia Moore, 1867, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 613.

Chorodna pallidularia celaenosticta Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill Mus., Witley, 2 :149.

Diagnosis

This is a large, pale ochreous fawn moth with a characteristic forewing submarginal brown band, bounded between the concavities of the postmedial and submarginal. Discal markings are weak.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, China, N. Thailand; Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (ssp. celaenosticta).

Habitat Preference

A single male has been seen in the collection of the Sabah Forest Research Centre, Sepilok. It was taken at Sapulut, near Keningau. There are no habitat data attached.

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Species (3)


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