Orvasca brunneva Holloway sp. n.
♂♂ 8-10mm. The facies is like a darker, browner, version of that of eva, but with the distal border of the dark area of the forewing clearer and with a definite central projection. The hindwing yellow border is narrow, more or less restricted to the fringes. The uncus of the male genitalia is long, with neither a rugose protrusion nor a bifid structure. The valves are similar to those of rufalba, and the saccular flap is also well developed and setose, though straight and narrow, rather than sinuous.
Holotype ♂
MALAYSIA: Sabah, Danum Valley, 170m, 4° 58N, 117° 48E, (S.J. Willott), 1° understory, Obs. Platform, DVFC, 23.ix.93, BM lymantriid slide 2564.
Paratypes
- 1 ♂ SABAH: Danum Valley, Borneo Rainforest Lodge, 10.8.97, Rothamsted light-trap
- 1 ♂ (slide 2563)BRUNEI: 30-60m, Labi, lowland forest and secondary veg., 12.4.81 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen). There is also a worn female from the last locality.
Geographical range
Borneo.
Habitat preference
All material is from lowland forest.
Genitalia:
