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Omiosia fusipennana Walker 

Tospitis fusipennana Walker, 1863, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 28: 431.

Tospitis fusipennana Walker; Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. lepid. Heterocera 1 (1): 365.

Diagnosis

See the generic description; the unusual shape to the wings and the black patch on the grey forewing are diagnostic.

Habitat Preference

This is a rare species of lowland forest, all three specimens taken during the Mulu survey being at 150m or below. The holotype was taken by A.R. Wallace in Sarawak.

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