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Rapdalus pardicolor Moore

Zeuzera pardicolor Moore, 1879, Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln. Atkinson, p. 85.

Duomitus pardalis Dudgeon, 1899, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 645.

Xyleutes pardicolor Moore; Roepke, 1957: 34; Barlow, 1982: 42.

Diagnosis

The species is one of the smaller Bornean Xyleutes. The ground colour of both wings is a creamy white, marked with reddish brown striae and, on the forewing, larger round spots.

Geographical Range

N.E. Himalaya, Burma, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat Preference

Three specimens were taken during the Mulu survey, all in alluvial forest.

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