Image of Gymnoscelis admixtaria Walker ♀ (Colln Herbulot)
♀ (Colln Herbulot)

Gymnoscelis admixtaria Walker comb. n.

Eupithecia admixtaria Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Colln Br. Mus., 27: 21.

Diagnosis

The wings are fasciated greenish-grey on pale grey as illustrated. The strong antemedial of the forewing and the rather dentate central part of the hindwing postmedial are distinctive.

Taxonomic notes

The slender valves, well-developed saccus, single cornutus of the aedeagus in the male genitalia of this species and its close Australian relative, G. bryodes Turner comb. n., suggest placement in Gymnoscelis. G. fragilis Warren comb. n. (New Guinea) has the same facies type and is also probably related.

Geographical range

Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, and possibly the Philippines and Sulawesi (not dissected).

Habitat preference

The only Bornean specimen is a female in Colln Herbulot from Kundasang at 1200m on the southern slopes of G. Kinabalu.

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Species (13)


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