Lymantria (Sarantria) sublunata Rothschild

Dasychira sublunata Rothschild, 1920, J. fed. Malay St. Mus., 8 (3): 132.

Diagnosis

This is a much darker species than the other named ones, with (seen more clearly in females) the forewing chevron broken into three elements and with the antemedial more obscure, distally convex, its general line meeting the dorsum obliquely. The valves are slender as in sarantuja and Lymantria faircloughi Holloway, but incurved. The juxta is usually broader, bilobed distally.

Geographical Range

Sumatra, Borneo, N.E. Himalaya, Indochina, Sundaland, Palawan.

Taxonomic note

L. sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister (2004b: 204) extended the range of sublunata to the Andamans, Thailand and the N.E. Himalaya.

Habitat Preference

The species is frequent in lowland forest, including heath and swamp forest types.

Taxonomic Note

L. sublunata thomasi Schintlmeister (2004b: 204) extended the range of sublunata to the Andamans, Thailand and the N.E. Himalaya.

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