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Mesotrophe alienaria Walker comb. n.

Anisodes alienaria Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 26: 1586.

Diagnosis

The fasciae are very broad, grey, irregular, running into each other. The species could possibly be confused with Perixera sarawackaria Guenée, but the fasciation contrasts more with the paler fawn ground colour in the latter, and the underside is paler with much finer fasciation, particularly the postmedial.

Geographical Range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.

Habitat Preference

No material has been taken in recent surveys. Older material is from lowland localities.

Genitalia:

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Species (4)


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