Lophoptera parallelnotata Holloway sp. n.
Diagnosis
♂♀ 12-13mm.
The forewings are of similar colour and pattern to those of quadrinotata, but marginally squarer; the postmedial is transverse rather than oblique, parallel to the antemedial, and more heavily invested with mauvish grey which also extends basad to a dark brown medial band; the submarginal markings are more obscure than in quadrinotata but there is a diagnostic pale brown mark bisecting the tornal angle.
The male genitalia are similar to those of quadrinotata but more slender, the saccus narrower, the tegumen elongate rather than triangular; the valves are expanded at the base, with a lobe on the interior face of the expanded portion.
Holotype ♂
SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site 16, March, Long Pala (Base), 70m, 324450, alluv./secondary forest, MV-on batu-canopy, BM noctuid slide 10636.
Paratype
1 ♂ BRUNEI, Labi, 30-60m, 12.4.81 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1 ♀ BRUNEI, Seria, 3m, secondary & coastal veg., 3.6.1979 (Lt. Col.M.G. Allen).
Geographical range
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference
The species has not been taken other than in the lowlands in Borneo but ranges up to 800m in the Peninsula.
Biology
P. Becker reared the species from a sapling of Shorea leprosula (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Peninsula.
Genitalia:
