Image of Eugoa turbida Walker ♀

Eugoa turbida Walker

Lyclene turbida Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 114.

Lyclene strigicosta Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 6: 114.

Diagnosis

The facies has similarities to that of the previous sequence of species, but the discal spot is rather oblique, and the postmedial has darker brown shading distad at the costa (over a triangular area in more heavily marked specimens). The male genitalia have unusual features, such as a teat-like sacculus and large setal scars towards the base of the valve.

Habitat Preference

This is a frequent species of lowland forest and has been taken up to 600m.

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