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Hypomecis separata Walker

Boarmia separata Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 21: 381.

Boarmia retractaria Walker, 1860, Ibid. 21: 386.

Boarmia intectaria Walker, 1862, Ibid. 26: 1535.

Diagnosis

This is a dark, rich brown and grey species, with pale, browner zones broadly along the forewing costa and in the centre of the hindwing. It differs from similar Ruttellerona species (See Ruttellerona Swinhoe ) in lacking a pale zone at the hindwing tornus or black markings in the forewing cell on the underside.

Geographical Range

Oriental tropics to Sundaland.

Habitat Preference

The species is frequent in a range of lowland forest types.

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Species (9)


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