Ornithospila submonstrans Walker

Geometra submonstrans Walkert, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br Mus. 22: 526.

Achlora circumflexaria Snellen, 1880, Midden Sumatra (Veth), 4 (8): 53.

Ornithospila submonstrans moluccensis Prout, 1916, Novit. zool. 23: 202.

Ornithospila submonstrans Walker; Holloway, 1976: 61.

Diagnosis

See key.

Taxonomic Notes

Subspecies moluccensis has several peg-like setae on the sclerotised plate distal to the valve sacculus.

The aedeagus has a sclerotised band bearing a series of four blunt spines that increase in size along the row, rather than the single bent spine of typical submonstrans. The taxon might be better treated as a distinct species.

Geographical range

Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines; Moluccas (Obi, Bacan: ssp. moluccensis).

Habitat preference

This species is also frequent from the lowlands to almost 2000m. *Biology.

O. submonstrans* has been recorded as a defoliator of Shorea parvifolia (Dipterocarpaceae) in Malaysia (FRIM records).

Genitalia: