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Lophoptera obliquilinea Prout

Lophoptera obliquilinea Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill Mus., Witley 2: 166.

Diagnosis

The forewings are dark greenish brown with a paler, biarcuate postmedial and a diagnostic oblique whitish streak antemedially that arises on the costa and extends to the middle of the wing.

The female lamella vaginalis bears two pairs of setose lobes.

Geographical range

Sumatra (Kerinchi, 2000m), Borneo, N. Burma.

Habitat preference

One specimen was taken during the Mulu survey at 900m in lower montane forest on G. Api, and two were taken in upper montane forest at 1670m on Bukit Pagon, Brunei.

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Species (47)


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