Gogana semibrevis Warren comb. n.

Ametroptila semibrevis Warren, 1901, Novit. zool., 8: 190.

Diagnosis

Only the holotype male is known from Borneo.

The colour is similar to that of turbinifera but the brownish suffusion is richer, and stronger in the centre of the medial zone of the forewing.

Geographical range

Borneo, ?Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat preference

The type locality is at about 1000m in the Poeh Mts in Sarawak.

Biology

Larvae that may be referable to this species (adult not dissected) have been reared from Calamus manan in Peninsular Malaysia by H. Steiner. One is illustrated below:

It is typical of the kerara group, but the black lines of the inner pair on the head are adjacent, and those of the outer pair well separate, curved round the side of the head.

Genitalia: