Image of Trichaetoides apicalis Walker ♀

Trichaetoides apicalis Walker comb. n.

Tipulodes apicalis Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 7 :1620.

Syntomis flaviplaga Walker, 1862, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.,), 6: 92.

Syntomis biplagata Snellen, 1880, Veth Midden Sumatra, 4 : 33.

Trichaeta apicalis Walker; Seitz, 1912-1913: 67.

Diagnosis

This species resembles albiplaga but the large transparent patch of the forewing is tinged yellowish and usually broader.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The species is probably similar in ecology to albiplaga.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (6)


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