Eucorma obliquaria Fabricius

Phalaena obliquaria Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 194.

Eusemia subdives Walker, 1859, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 3: 196.

Eterusia transversa Walker, [1865] 1864, List Specimens lepid. Insects Collin Br. Mus., 31: 118.

Erasmia eusemioides C. & R. Felder, 1874, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara, Lep 4: t. 83, f. 10.

Laurion zebra Butler, 1884, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5), 14: 85.

Erasmia laja Pagenstecher, 1885, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk., 38: 11.

Eucorma interrupta Hering, 1922, Arch. Naturgesch., 88A (11): 52.

Eucorma mindanaoensis Kishida, 1996: 21.

Diagnosis

The facies resembles that of some agaristine Noctuidae, particularly Mimeusemia vittata Butler (Holloway, 1989: 204), but has narrower, more apically produced forewings with a narrower white band on the black ground. The black border to the orange hindwings is more uniform in width.

Taxonomic note

Kishida (1996) described, E. mindanaoensis Kishida from Mindanao in the Philippines, but this was placed as a subspecies of obliquaria by Yen et al. (2005).

Geographical range

Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Nias, Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

The species has not been taken in recent surveys but older material is predominantly from lowland localities.