Image of Paradoxopla cardinalis Holloway ♂ (holotype)
♂ (holotype)

Paradoxopla cardinalis Holloway comb. n.

Pseudophyllodes cardinalis Holloway, 1976: 90.

Diagnosis

The insect is a uniform rich chestnut brown with no obvious markings.

The narrow, apically produced forewings and falcate, tornally produced hindwings are distinctive.

Taxonomic Notes

The externally similar Gastropacha minima Lajonqui�re is known from Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.

This has less excavate hindwings on which there is a small white reticulated patch.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

Only the holotype male is known, taken at 2600m on G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia:


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