Pasiphila coelica Prout comb. n.
Chloroclystis (Rhinoprora) coelica Prout 1932 c : 66.
Chloroclystis coelica Prout; Holloway, 1976: 68.
Diagnosis
The forewings are variegated variably with dark brown, green to almost whitish: there is some rufous suffusion broadly along the dorsum in most specimens. The labial palps are very long much longer than in palpata and perhaps slightly longer than in the next species. The discal spot is particularly prominent. The fasciation on the hindwing underside is faint compared to that of palpata, on a greyer ground. Confusion with the next species is most likely: coelica is smaller (10-12mm compared to 15-16mm) with more variegated forewings. In the male genitalia both species have a similar unequal pair of cornuti in the aedeagus vesica and a bowed costa to the valve, but the latter in coelica is narrower, slightly more constricted towards the base. In the female the apodemes of the ovipositor lobes are relatively longer in sayata. The bursa is spherical in coelica, more elongate and irregular in sayata.
Geographical Range
Borneo.
Habitat Preference
Only known from G. Kinabalu, the species is infrequent at 2600m and also recorded at Paka Cave (2970m; the type locality).
Genitalia:
