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Entomopteryx amputata Guenée 

Entomopteryx amputata Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 9 :171.

Callerinnys marginata Warren, 1896, Novit. zool., 3: 407.

Diagnosis

In the male the narrowed, tornally excavate hindwings with a pilose underside distinguish this species from **statheuta. The hindwing medial is stronger but the punctate postmedial of statheuta is lacking in **amputata. The forewing postmedial in amputata is more oblique, weakly sinuous rather than straight.

Geographical Range

Sundaland.

Habitat Preference

Most Bornean material seen is from G. Kinabalu, taken by Waterstradt, but without altitude data.

Biology

The larva was discovered in 1992 by Dr M.A. Cook in the lowlands of Brunei. A full account of these findings may be found in Weintraub, Cook & Scoble (in press). The host plant was a fern.

Genitalia:

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Species (1)


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