Image of Griseothosea kinabaluensis Holloway ♂ (holotype)
♂ (holotype)

Griseothosea kinabaluensis Holloway sp. n.

Iragoides fasciata Moore sensu Holloway, 1976: 91, fig. 715.

♂16mm. The species is larger than cruda, the forewing fasciation more greenish, though lacking the medial element. In the male genitalia the valve ornamentation is restricted to a subcostal flap. The aedeagus apex is bifid somewhat as in G.fasciataMoore.

Holotype ♂

SABAH: Mt. Kinabalu, Power Station, 1930m, Cambridge Expedition to Mt. Kinabalu 1965 (H.J. Banks, H.S. Barlow & J.D. Holloway), BM limacodid slide 146.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The unique specimen was taken in tall upper montane forest.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (1)


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