Gyrtona pyraloides Walker comb. n.
Chuduca pyraloides Walker, 1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 165.
Gyrtona albodentata Moore, 1882, Descr. new Indian Lepid. CollnAtkinson, p. 165.
Lophoptera kheili Pagenstecher, 1885, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 38: 30.
Diagnosis
The species has dark purplish brown forewings with faint whitish markings, usually a submarginal row of dots, the subapical one most intense, and a subdorsal patch at one third (not always present).
Geographical range
India, Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bismarcks.
Habitat preference
A single specimen was taken in upper montane forest on G. Mulu during the Mulu survey, but other Bornean material in the BMNH is from lowland localities.
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