Pangrapta poetoides Holloway sp. n.
Placement of this species in Pangrapta is tentative.
Holotype ♂
BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu Temburong, rainforest, 23.4.81 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen), BM noctuid slide 18589.
Paratypes
- 1♂ E. SABAH: Brumas, 500ft., 26.4.1973 (K.M. Guichard)
- 1♂ E. SABAH: Quoin Hill, 700ft., 21.4.1973 (K.M. Guichard)
- 7♂♂ (slide 18181), 2♀♀ (slide 18590)
- SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D.Holloway et al.), Sites 7 (Long Pala (Base)), 50m, 324450, alluvial/secondary forest)
- 8 (Camp 1, Mulu, 150m, 385470, mixed dipt. for.)
- 14 (Camp 2.4, Mulu, 1000m, 413461, lower montane forest)
- 21 (W. Melinau Gorge, 130m, 423576, alluvial/kerangas bank)
- 23 (W. Melinau Gorge, 250m, 430558, FEG 4, limestone forest) and 27 (G. Api, 1500m, Pandanus Camp, 429541, scrub and Pandanus)
- 3♂♂ MALAYSIA: Sabah, Danum Valley, 170m, 4�58’ N 117�48’ E (S.J. Willott) 2° understory, Bkt. Atur Rd., DVFC, 24.viii.93 and 26.i.94, BM noctuid slide 19219.
Geographical range
Borneo.
Habitat preference
Most specimens are from types of lowland dipterocarp forest, but three were taken in lower montane forest.
Genitalia:
