Targalla suffundens Walker comb. n.

Anophia suffundens Walker, [1863] 1864, J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 7: 172.

Eutelia catephiformis Hampson, 1902, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 212.

Targalla catephioides ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906, Novit. zool. 13: 227.

Phlegetonia bathroleuca Turner, 1944, Trans. roy. Soc. S. Aust. 68: 11, syn. n.

Diagnosis

Potential confusion with Aplotelia nubilosa was dealt with under that species.

A dark brown streak runs from the most distal curvature of the postmedial to the marginal angle of the forewing.

Taxonomic Notes

W.W. Brandt, in a manuscript note in the BMNH based on examination of type material (Wiesbaden Mus.), has suggested that Anophia arnoldi Pagenstecher is a synonym of suffundens.

Geographical range

Throughout the Indo-Australian tropics to Queensland and Vanuatu.

Habitat preference

Only three specimens have been taken in recent surveys, one in hill dipterocarp forest at 500m on G. Mulu, Sarawak, one in similar vegetation at 300m, Ulu Temburong, Brunei, and one in dry heath forest at Telisai, Brunei.

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