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Spiralisigna minutissima Swinhoe 

Gymnoscelis minutissima Swinhoe, 1902 , Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1902: 651.

Diagnosis

The species is very small, similar in size and colour to Pasiphilodes subtrita Walker . The postmedials of both wings are more definite, that of the forewing with a single angle rather than a somewhat double one. Dissection of the genitalia is recommended to confirm identity.

Geographical Range

Sumbawa, Bali, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines.

Habitat Preference

A single female was taken at the edge of mangrove forest near Kampong Kapok, Brunei, and another specimen by mangrove near Kota Kinabalu in 1997.

Biology

Yunus & Ho (1980) recorded the larva as feeding on Flacourtia (Flacourtiacae) in Peninsular Malaysia.

Genitalia:


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