Peratophyga venetia Swinhoe
Peratophyga venetia Swinhoe, 1902, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.(7),9: 416.
Diagnosis
The wings are equally divided into a distal dull greyish brown border, and a basal fawn hyaline zone, irregularly irrorated with brown.
Geographical Range
Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi.
Habitat Preference
The species is mostly found in lowland forest, including heath forest types, but has been taken also less frequently in lower montane forest up to 1200m.
Biology
The moth has been recorded as visiting the dung-ridden dirt in the abode of domesticated mammals (Bänziger, 1983).
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