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Paectes psaliphora Hampson

Paectes psaliphora Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 11: 110.

Paectes cristatrix Guenee; Holloway, 1976: 17 (part); Barlow, 1982: 91; misidentifications.

Diagnosis

See P. cristatrix.

Geographical range

Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea to Solomons.

Habitat preference

In the Kinabalu survey several specimens were taken from 1200 to 1600m, and one has been taken on Bukit Retak, Brunei, at the latter altitude.

A single specimen was taken during the Mulu survey in alluvial forest at Long Pala.

Biology

The species has been reared from Pometia (Sapindaceae) by M. Bigger in the Solomons.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (7)


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