Image of Cosmophila scitipennis Walker ♂

Cosmophila scitipennis Walker comb. rev.

Cosmophila scitipennis Walker, [1863] 1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 76.

Cosmophila ochreifusa Swinhoe, 1906, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 18: 408.

Cosmophila milva Swinhoe, 1919, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9), 3: 313.

Anomis scitipennis Walker; Holloway, 1976: 37.

Diagnosis

The forewing facies is similar to that of species in the flava complex, but can be distinguished by the obtusely angled antemedial and the colinearity of the posterior half of the postmedial with the inner edge of the reniform.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand (VK), Sulawesi, New Guinea.

Habitat preference

This is an uncommon species of lowland forest, but has also been taken singly at 1620m and 1930m on G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (3)


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