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Targallodes vittalba Semper comb. n.

Penicillaria vittalba Semper, 1900, Reisen Archipel Philippinen (2) 6: 534.

Eutelia furcicauda Hampson, 1905, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 16: 378.

Eutelia vittalba Semper; Gaede, 1937; Holloway, 1976: 16; Barlow, 1982: 89.

Diagnosis

The dull, brownish-red forewings with delicate pale yellow and white subapical and mid-dorsal markings render this species unmistakable.

Geographical Range

Oriental tropics to Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi and New Guinea.

Habitat Preference

On G. Kinabalu it was taken infrequently from 1,000-2,000m. In both Brunei and the G. Mulu National Park it has been taken infrequently in a range of lowland forest types but also in upper montane forest at around 1, 600m (G. Mulu, Bukit Retak).

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