Scopula opicata Fabricius

Phalaena opicata Fabricius, 1798, Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 457.

Pigia infantularia Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. Gen. Lep., 10: 20.

Micronia vanaria Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 23: 860.

Diagnosis

The pattern of straight fasciae on a bone-white ground is distinctive. The forewing fasciae converge at the apex of the wing.

Geographical Range

Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Hainan, Burma, Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi, Timor, New Guinea.

Habitat Preference

Only one Bornean specimen has been seen, collected at the end of the previous century in Sandakan.

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