Spaniocentra megaspilaria Guenée

Phorodesma megaspilaria Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep. 9: 371.

Comibaena uniplaga Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus 22: 578.

Diagnosis

This and the next species are similar, but megaspilaria has a less angled forewing margin, no greyish patch at the costal angle of the hindwing and a more punctate hindwing discal mark.

Taxonomicnotes. The species has very similar male genitalia to S. intermediata Prout from Sulawesi and is probably the sister-species. The saccular process in intermediatais straight and squarely spatulate at the apex.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

S. megaspilaria* is common in lowland forest but is also encountered infrequently in the lower montane zone.

Genitalia: