Ectogonia curvipalpata Holloway sp. n.

♂ 11mm. The labial palps of this species are long, but upcurved as in Ilyrgis, but the forewings are of a similar shape and facies to the type species and butleri; the male genitalia are distinguished in the generic description above.

Holotype ♂

SABAH: Poring, 1800’, E. of Mt. Kinabalu, 20-23.i.1976 (E.W. Classey), BM noctuid slide 19205

Geographical range

Borneo, Sumatra (slide 18620).

Habitat preference

The only Bornean specimen is from an area of disturbed forest at around 550m at Poring to the south-east of G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia: