Ectropidia quasilepidaria Holloway sp. n.
♂♀ 11-13mm. Externally this species is indistinguishable from E. illepidaria. There are constant differences in the male and female genitalia, however. In the male abdomen, there is a robust pair of coremata between segments 6 and 7, but quasilepidaria is distinguished by possession of small, slightly corematous lobes just anteriorly on segment 7. Both species have a curved spine on the saccular process and a straight one centrally on the ventral margin of the valve: the former is larger than the latter in illepidaria, but the reverse holds in quasilepidaria. The aedaegus vesica is more strongly scobinate, correlating with a shorter, broader neck and bulb to the bursa copulatrix, the neck being basally more scobinate.
Holotype ♂
SARAWAK: Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site 22, April, W. Melinau Gorge, 150m. 421578, wet kerangas, BM geometrid slide 13189.
Paratypes
- 4 ♂♂ (slides 13187, 10432, 10439, 16428), 2 ♀♀ (slides 16431, 16433) same general data as holotype but: Site 1, January, Camp 4, Mulu 1790m. 452463
- Site 25, April, G. Api, 900m. 427550
- Site 16, Long Pala (Base) 70m. 324450
- Site 8, February, Camp 1, Mulu, 150m. 385470
- Site 17, March, Nr. Long Melinau, 50m. 313441
- Site 27, April, G. Api, 1500m. Pandanus Camp, 429541
- 1 ♂ BRUNEI, 30-60m, Labi, lowland forest and secondary veg. 28 Dec 1978 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen).
Geographical range
Borneo, Sumatra.
Habitat preference
The species is frequent in lowland and lower montane forests, with a few specimens taken at about 1800m in the upper montane zone.
Genitalia:
