Thalathoides curtalis Holloway sp. n.

Thalatha conjecturalis ab curtalis Warren, 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11:36.

Thalatha conjecturalis Swinhoe sensu Holloway, 1976: 13.

♂♂ 14mm, ♀♀ 15-16mm. The species is very similar to the previous one but with a pale greenish tinge to the forewing ground, less heavy fasciation and absence of blackish suffusion from the central black triangle on the costa. The subtornal black marking is stronger, angled.

Holotype ♂

Sandakan, BORNEO, (W.B. Pryer) 97-123 BM noctuid slide 11728.

Paratype

• 1 ♂ Dutch West BORNEO, 85 miles above Pontianak (Simons et Meligan) (Sanggau) ex Janson, April 1909
• 2 ♂♂ BRUNEI, 1618m, Bukit Retak, montane forest, 1979, (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen)
• 1 ♂ BRUNEI, 300m, Ulu Temburong rainforest 8.2.80 (Lt.Col M.G. Allen)
• 1 ♂ BRUNEI: 15m, Telisai, sandy heath forest and Gymnostoma, 3.2.1979 (Lt. Col M.G. Allen) BM noctuid slide 10620
• 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.), BM 1978-206, Sites 8, 16, 20
• 1 ♀ SABAH: Mt Kinabalu, Kiau Gap, 1760m, Cambridge Expedition to Mt Kinabalu 1965 (H.J. Banks, H.S. Barlow & J.D. Holloway) BM 1968-186, BM noctuid slide 9238.

Geographical range

Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference

During the Mulu survey specimens were taken in lowland dipterocarp, alluvial and wet heath forest types. Two specimens are from upper montane forest (1618m) on Bukit Retak, Brunei, and one from 1760m on G. Kinabalu.

Genitalia: