Metallolophia cineracea Holloway sp. n.
Diagnosis
♂ 16mm, ♀♀ 15-20mm.
The wings above have a similar pale grey ground colour to that in variegata but with a more general, more or less uniform irroration of black scales.
The fasciation and discal markings are reduced, finer, more regular.
The underside is a darker, almost violet grey.
The male genitalia are very similar to those of variegata, the saccular blade of the valve being slightly broader. Holotype ♂. BRUNEI: 15m, Telisai, sandy heath forest and Gymnostoma, 3.2.1979 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen) BM geometrid slide 10599.
Paratype
3 ♀♀ as holotype, two taken on 13.12.1979.
Geographical range
Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia (FRIM colln).
Habitat preference
All material is from lowland heath forest.
Genitalia:
