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Cyclophora dimerites Prout comb. n.

Anisodes dimerites Prout, 1932, J. Fed. Malay States Mus ., 17: 54.

Anisodes dimerites goliathi Prout, 1938, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 12: 177.

Anisodes intermixtaria Swinhoe sensu Holloway, 1976: 63.

Diagnosis

This and the next two species are probably closely related.

Taxonomic Notes

Subspecies goliathi has the distal processes of the valve costa closer together, and the juxta has a spine-like extension asymmetrically at its apex.

Geographical Range

Borneo; New Guinea (ssp. goliathi).

Habitat Preference

The species has only been recorded from G. Kinabalu infrequently from 1620m to 1760m.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (16)


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