Mesocopsis posticata Walker

Eupithecia posticata Walker, 1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1678.

Image of [object Object] Walker ♀ (holotype, in OUMNH)
♀ (holotype, in OUMNH)

Diagnosis

See the generic description.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The holotype female (OUMNH) was taken by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak, probably in the lowlands. There is also a male from Pulo Laut, a low-lying island at the south-east of Borneo. The species has not been recorded in recent surveys.

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