Mudaria magniplaga Walker comb. n
Thyatira magniplaga Walker, 1858, List Specimens Lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., 15: 1643.
Plagideicta magniplaga Walker; Holloway, 1982: 230.
Diagnosis
The leprous markings on the forewings of the type species and associated female are reddish brown, only slightly paler than the ground colour. There is a small elliptical zone on male tergite 4, and a very deep pocket on tergite 7; the uncus is oblong, somewhat waisted; the harpe has a single central process. These abdominal and genitalic features are also shown by a male from Brunei (slide 10031) which, with a further male and three females, has pale creamy white leprous patches. The central patch is much larger, less elongate or broken than in other species; the 8-shaped apical patch is much larger and more regular.
Biology
The Brunei males and a putative female (not dissected) were reared from Durio zibethinus fruits (Bombacaceae).
Genitalia:
