Lophoptera quadrinotata Walker

Gadirtha quadrinotata Walker, 1864, J.Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 162.

Steiria aequilinea Walker, 1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 174, syn. n.

Lophoptera aequilinea Walker; Holloway, 1976: 19.

Diagnosis

This species is of similar appearance to L. brunnistis (see below) and other species grouped near it on the Plate; it has an entire but more irregular postmedial, usually with a paler, greyish zone basad.

The male genitalia are distinctive as discussed in the generic introduction.

In the female genitalia the post-ostial invagination is large, broadly based, and set with the ostium in an exterior pocket.

Geographical range

Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference

The species is frequent to common in all forest types from the lowlands to 2000m, except for heath (kerangas) forest.

Genitalia: