Olulis megalopis Hampson

Olulis megalopis Hampson, 1926, Descr. Gen. Spec. Noctuinae, p. 479.

Diagnosis

The species resembles a very small Tamba, the wings a medium rosy brown, slightly fasciated, the forewings with a paler fawn basal area and large reniform, the latter with a more diffuse paler area immediately distal to it.

Geographical range

Singapore (H.N. Ridley material), Borneo, Sumatra (HS / K), Thailand (VK).

Habitat preference

A single male has been recorded from lowland forest at Semengok near Kuching.

Eight specimens were recorded by S. J. Willott in both pristine and logged lowland forest in the vicinity of the Danum Valley Field Centre in Sabah, and a further specimen was recorded at Danum in an earlier survey.

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