Image of Utriculofera macroplaga Hampson ♂

Utriculofera macroplaga Hampson

Utriculifera [sic] macroplaga Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus., 2: 290.

Diagnosis

This is a small species with a characteristic squarish black patch on the dorsum of the forewing that takes up almost half the area of the wing. It does not reach the costa; the rest of the wing is pale fawn. the hindwings are greyish.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

Only two male specimens have been seen, the holotype and one other collected at the end of the 19^th^ century by Doherty on Pulo Laut, a low-lying island at the south-east of Borneo.

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Species (1)


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