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Zusidava tortricaria Walker

Zusidava tortricaria Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 26 :1638.

Diagnosis

See the generic description.

The relatively large area of the hindwing and the central grey suffusion to the double postmedial of the forewing are distinctive.

Taxonomic Notes

Z. sinuosa Moore stat. rev, has been treated as a synonym of tortricaria (e.g. Warren, 1922, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 493), but the male genitalia are very different: a broader capsule; trifid socii.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

No recently collected material has been seen.

The original material, collected by A.R. Wallace, was probably from a lowland locality in Sarawak.

The only other material seen is from the low-lying Pulo Laut, an island at the south-east of Kalimantan.

Genitalia:


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