Xanthorhoe mesilauensis Holloway

Xanthorhoe mesilauensis Holloway, 1976: 65.

Diagnosis

Both sexes are grey, the forewings distinctively marked with tightly parallel antemedial and postmedial sequences of fine brownish fasciae either side of a narrow, clear medial zone that contains the small discal dot. Females are a considerably darker grey than the males.

Taxonomic notes

X. mesilauensis* is most closely related to X. dissociata Warren from the mountains of Luzon.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

The majority of specimens were taken in majestic montane forest at 1500m on the Mesilau Plateau of G. Kinabalu. One was taken also at Kamborangah (2110m).

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