Cozola subrana Moore comb. n

Artaxa subrana Moore, [1860] 1858-9, Cat. Lepid. Insects Mus. E. Ind. Co ., 2: 351.

Orgyia varia Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6:125.

Diagnosis

The forewing facies and the yellow-bordered, blackish hindwing are distinctive. There is some sexual dimorphism, the medial zone being more prominent and paler in the larger female.

Geographical range

Sundaland.

Habitat preference

All four specimens taken in recent surveys are from lowland forest; a further one taken on G. Trus Madi in Sabah was from just over 500m.

Biology

Yunus & Ho (1980) recorded the species as feeding on Coffea (Rubiaceae), and there is an unpublished record of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) at FRIM.

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