Hypomecis norikoae Sato

Diagnosis

Hypomecis norikoae is very similar in characteristics to H. tetragonata. The wings in the male are more fuscous, evenly coloured and less distinctly marked; the patch of yellowish scales on the underside of the hindwing dorsum of tetragonata is absent. The hind-femur has pale yellowish hairs where tetragonata has them blackish. In the male genitalia the processes on the valves are diagnostic, the subcostal one longer, with spines fewer and placed more densely in a more basal position, and the saccular one is more robust, more densely spined and straighter. Bornean material listed consists of one male from Mt. Bawang.

Geographic Range

Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

(?Montane).