Image of Peridea albipuncta Gaede ♂

Peridea albipuncta Gaede comb. n.

Notodontaalbipuncta Gaede, 1930: 641; Kiriakoff 1968: 173.

Diagnosis

See Neostauropus major; albipuncta is a large species with a rather uniform, rich brown forewing bearing pale discal stigmata.

Taxonomic Notes

The external appearance of the species has more in common with taxa in Peridea than with those in Notodonta. The male genitalia resemble those of P. interrupta Kiriakoff from China in having the uncus bifid.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species was taken infrequently in lower and upper montane forest on the limestone G. Api during the Mulu survey.

A single specimen has been taken at 1670 m on Bukit Pagon, Brunei.

Genitalia:


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