Image of Fentonia talboti Gaede ♂
Image of Fentonia talboti Gaede ♀

Fentonia talboti Gaede comb. n.

Stauropus pulverulentus Talbot, 1926, J. Sarawak Mus. 3: 143, junior primary homonym of S. pulverulentus Wileman.

Stauropus talboti Gaede, 1930: 627.

Neostauropus talboti Gaede; Kiriakoff, 1968: 135.

Fentonia elongata Holloway, 1976: 57, fig. 373, *syn. n.,* and also junior primary homonym of *F.

elongata* Dyar.

Diagnosis

See Fentonia bipunctus Rothschild.

Geographical Range

Borneo, ?Sumatra (the record of notodontina from Sumatra by Bender & Dierl (1977) may be referable to talboti).

Habitat Preference

The holotype female was from G. Murud, Sarawak. The species has been taken mainly in upper montane forest at about 1600 - 1800 m on Bukit Pagon, Bukit Retak and G. Mulu, and also from similar altitudes on G. Kinabalu.

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Species (3)


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