Scopula succrassula Prout

Scopula succrassula Prout, 1931, Novit. zool., 36: 2.

Diagnosis

This is one of the fasciated fawn species where the identity is best confirmed by dissection of the male genitalia. However, the antemedial and medial of the forewing tend to be relatively straight and close together. The male genitalia are characterised by short, broad socii and a rather triangular saccus. The cerata of the eighth sternite in a Bornean male are slightly shorter, broader and more unequal in the holotype.

Geographical Range

Philippines (Mindanao, Palawan), Borneo.

Habitat Preference

The species is rare in Borneo, with one specimen recorded from Labuan I. and two from secondary and coastal vegetation at Mumong in Brunei.

Genitalia: