Penicillaria dorsipuncta Hampson

Bombotelia dorsipuncta Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus. 11: 13. The ♂ of

Hampson's syntypic series labelled 'type ♂' is hereby designated LECTOTYPE.

Bombotelia dorsipuncta Hampson; Gaede, 1937; Holloway, 1976: 16.

Penicillaria dorsipuncta Hampson; Barlow, 1982: 90.

Diagnosis

The forewing pattern is similar to that of maculata in having a subtornal whitish patch, but it has an angled antemedial (cf. straight, oblique). There is a diagnostic white spot dorsally, subbasally on the abdomen.

Geographical range

Sundaland and eastwards to New Guinea and Queensland.

Habitat preference

The species appears to be infrequent from about 1000 to 1800m, mainly in upper montane forest.

It has been recorded recently from G. Kinabalu, from G. Mulu in Sarawak and Bukit Pagon in Brunei.

Biology

Sevastopulo (1941) noted Semecarpus (Anacardiaceae) as a host- plant for dorsipuncta, following Hampson’s opinion that Semper’s account of the larva of maculata in fact referred to dorsipuncta (see below).

Genitalia: