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Luxiaria phyllosaria Walker

Drepanodes? phyllosaria Walker, 1860, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 20: 82.

Luxiaria alfenusaria Walker, 1860, Ibid. 20: 232.

Luxiaria phyllosaria Walker; Holloway, 1976: 78.

Diagnosis

The margins of both wings have dark brown fringes, and crenulation of the hindwing is very weak. A dark brown bar with grey distad marks the short costal section of the forewing postmedial. The ventral margin of the dorsal arm of the valve is distinctly angled.

Geographical Range

Sri Lanka, N.E. Himalaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi.

Habitat Preference

Most records are from lowland forest but the species has been recorded to almost 2000m.

Genitalia:

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Species (11)


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