Pelagodes falsaria Prout comb. n.
Thalassodes falsaria Prout, 1912 a: 153.
Thalassodes griseifimbria Prout, 1937, Novit. zool. 40: 179, syn. n.
Thalassodes dissita Walker sensu Holloway, 1976: 62, fig. 421.
Diagnosis
This species is more bluish green as in the last two, larger than P. spiniseparati and the same size as clarifimbria. Diagnostic features of the male abdomen are discussed below. In the female genitalia the ductus is very short, the ostium narrow, with a broad, angular, postvaginal sclerotisation.
Taxonomic Notes
The male genitalia and eighth segment of the type material of falsaria and griseifimbria are very similar: the valves are rather rhomboidal with a serrate saccular flange and a central rather setose thinning of the lamina; the aedeagus is short, with a ventral sclerotised ridge with a serrate edge.
P. furvifimbria* Prout comb. n. (Sri Lanka) is related but has a much more extensive saccular process and lacks the ridge on the aedeagus.
Geographical Range
India, Borneo, Java, Bali.
Habitat Preference
Bornean material is from upper montane forest on G. Kinabalu (1200-2110m) and G. Mulu (1790m).
Biology
Kuroko & Lewvanich (1993) attribute host data to this species but illustrate a specimen of Thalassodes as redefined here.
Genitalia:
