Image of Spectroreta hyalodisca Hampson ♂

Spectroreta hyalodisca Hampson

Oreta hyalodisca Hampson, 1896, Fauna Br. India, (Moths) 4: 479.

Diagnosis

The species is unmistakable, resembling Amphitorna Turner species in colour, pattern, and wing shape, but with a conspicuous hyaline area on the forewing.

Geographical range

Sri Lanka, N.E. Himalaya, S. China, Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Kei Is.

Habitat preference

The species is rare, with two specimens seen from lowland forest (Ulu Belait in Brunei and Samarinda in Kalimantan) and two from 1465m on Bukit Retak, Brunei.

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