Image of Cyclophora indecisa Warren ♀

Cyclophora indecisa Warren comb. n.

Perixera indecisa Warren, 1907, Novit. zool., 14: 143.

Anisodes pepira f. sbesta Prout, 1938, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 12: 171, syn. n.

Diagnosis

This species resembles a rather pale, pink washed out version of pepira, with the discal spots muted, that of the hindwing pale. It could be confused with some of the smaller pinkish Perixera such as those of the decretaria Walker group, but these have the hindwing discal spot prominent and are more fawn in tone. Diagnostic features of the male genitalia, bringing sbesta into synonymy with indecisa are: the valve and uncus are narrower than in pepira; the spur at the apex of the valve costa is erect (adpressed in pepira); the saccular process is shorter (rather digitate in pepira).

Geographical Range

New Guinea, Seram, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines (Luzon).

Habitat Preference

The only Bornean specimen is a female (slide 19236) from 1000m in lower montane forest on G. Mulu.

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Species (16)


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