Image of Leucoplema ruptifascia Warren ♂

Leucoplema ruptifascia Warren comb. n.

Epiplema ruptifascia Warren, 1897, Novit. zool., 4 : 204.

Diagnosis

This is a very small species, marked dark brown on a pale bone-coloured ground.

A dark brown medial zone on the forewing is diagnostically broken centrally, and the distal margin is punctate.

The hindwing has the basal zone marked dark brown.

Taxonomic Notes

The male genitalia show the diagnostic features.

Geographical range

Bali, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Bornean material is restricted to a single specimen from Pulo Laut, a low-lying island at the south-east corner of Borneo.

Genitalia:


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