Pelagodes semihyalina Walker comb. n.
Geometra semihyalina Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 528.
Diagnosis
This is the smallest species.
The fasciation is not as clearly defined as in congeners.
Features of the male abdomen that are diagnostic include: long, slender, tapering, acute processes on the eighth segment; long tapering valves with a costal spur; an elongate juxta with large, prominent, sclerotised dorsal horns.
Taxonomic Notes
Unfortunately the holotype male of semihyalina has lost part of its abdomen and is rather worn and faded.
On balance the facies appears to resemble that of the series discussed here rather than of the next species.
Also the montane character of the next species contrasts with the likely lowland provenance of the holotype of semihyalina, a specimen collected by A.R. Wallace.
Geographical range
Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.
Habitat preference
The species is frequent in lowland forest, particularly alluvial forest.
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