Image of Medanella subterminalis Kiriakoff ♂
Image of Medanella subterminalis Kiriakoff ♀

Medanella subterminalis Kiriakoff

Medanella subterminalis Kiriakoff, 1974: 401.

Diagnosis

This is one of the smallest Bornean notodontids. The male forewings are dark brown with faint longitudinal paler zones, a dash at the reniform and an irregular, dark submarginal line that is sometimes absent. The female is larger, greyer, with the submarginal line expanded centrally into an irregular, dark triangle.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo, ?Peninsular Malaysia (specimen in collection of H.S. Barlow not examined closely).

Habitat preference

The species has been taken rarely in lowland dipterocarp forest of Brunei and Sarawak.

Genitalia:


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