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Sitvia denudata Walker

Sitvia denudata Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 388.

Kettelia lowii Butler, 1879, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1: 560.

Diagnosis

See generic description.

Geographical Range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra.

Habitat Preference

The species is not common, all material seen being from lowland rain forest.

Biology

A label on a specimen in BMNH refers to a mature larva, white, hairy, that soon pupated. The pupa was light yellowish green, anally suspended. No host-plant was recorded.

Genitalia:


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