Phlebohecta lithosina C. & R. Felder

Paraphlebia lithosina C. & R. Felder, 1874, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara, Lep. 4: t. 83, f. 6.

Retina flavicosta Elwes, 1890, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1890: 386.

Soritia lithosia Oberthür, 1923, Etudes Lépid. comp., 20: 210.

Image of Phlebohecta lithosina C. & R. Felder ♀ (Burma)
♀ (Burma)

Diagnosis

The general appearance resembles that of some lithosiine arctiids in the Eilema Hübner complex, with narrow blackish wings, the forewing darker and with a narrow yellow-orange edge to the costa.

Geographical range

Borneo, Burma; N. India (ssp. flavicosta).

Habitat preference

No Bornean material has been seen, but Borneo was the type locality included given in the original description of lithosina (Jordan, 1907).

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Species (1)


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