Perixera denticulata Hampson comb. n.

Anisodes denticulata Hampson, 1895, Fauna Br. India, Moths, 3: 447.

Perixera mediusta Warren, 1896, Novit. zool., 3: 114.

Eremocentra glareosa Warren, 1907, Novit. zool., 14: 141.

Anisodes denticulata Hampson; Holloway, 1976: 64.

Diagnosis

In facies the species resembles P. ochraria and allies, but the forewing costa and antennal shaft are concolorous with the wings rather than darker, brownish. The third segment of the labial palp is equal in length to the second rather than shorter. The hindwing medial is more diffuse, elongated.

Taxonomic Notes

Holloway (1979) noted a group of closely related species that included denticulata, P. porphyropis Meyrick comb. rev. (Queensland)

P. dalmatensis* Holloway comb. n. (New Caledonia) and P. microsticta Turner comb. n. (Lord Howe I.) with a characteristic angled saccular process to the valve, descending processes to the uncus, and coremata between the genitalia and the eighth segment. The hind-femur is shortened, tufted, and the tibia lacks spurs.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram, New Guinea.

Habitat Preference

Bornean material seen is all from G. Kinabalu, with altitudes of 1620m and 1660m recorded.

Genitalia: