Scopula pauperata Walker

Acidalia pauperata Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 23: 761.

Scopula oedocnemis Prout, 1935, Novit. zool., 39: 227.

Scopula oedocnemis Prout; Holloway, 1976: 65.

Diagnosis

This is one of the larger Bornean Scopula, distinguished by variable grey fasciation and suffusion on a whitish ground.

Taxonomic Notes

Specimens taken at altitude on G. Kinabalu are larger, paler than those from the lowlands (both illustrated), but are females only. Males will be needed to determine whether sibling species are involved. S. spissitarsata Warren from Sumatra is related to pauperata, having similarly bifid sclerotised arms to the valves of the male genitalia.

Geographical Range

Borneo.

Habitat Preference

The species is common in lowland forest but occurs infrequently up to 1930m on G. Kinabalu (see taxonomic note).

Genitalia: