Conolophia nigripuncta Hampson

Gamoruna nigripuncta Hampson, 1891, Illustr. typ. Specimens Lep.Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 8: 114.

Conolophia nigripuncta rudis Prout, 1916, Novit. zool. 23: 4.

Conolophia nigripuncta rudis Prout; Holloway, 1976: 59.

Diagnosis

The combination of oblique postmedial and distal subdorsal black disc are on the forewing diagnostic.

Taxonomic Notes

Bornean specimens are characterised by more irregular and prominent striation of the ground colour, and a stronger, darker, anteriorly more broken forewing postmedial than in those from the Asian mainland.

Geographical range

Indian Subregion, Burma, Indochina; Borneo (ssp. rudis).

Habitat preference

The species is rare, taken mainly in lower and upper montane forest zones (G. Mulu, G. Api, Bukit Retak, G. Kinabalu) but there is one specimen from Samarinda in N.E. Kalimantan.

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