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Collinsa sp. 11

  • Family: Thyrididae
  • Subfamily: Siculodinae
  • Tribe: Siculodini
  • Genus: Collinsa
  • Distribution: Sumatra, W. Malaysia.
  • Habitat: Lowland and hill forest and disturbed areas; <600m.
  • Wing Length: 23mm

Taxonomy

Sumatra, Aek Tarum, Gg. Malayu. Collinsa sp. 11 is a single unnamed specimen in NHM (Mi7359) from Sumatra, Aek Tarum, G. Malayu which may be Brixia [Collinsa] hyphaema West, 1932: 7 pl.35, fig. 46, 47. Another specimen, from GTE, very close to this morphotype, is in the HSB Coll.

Description

A brown species with a distinctive median fascia and a darker band across the apex of the FW. The HW has a broad median fascia. . Several other Collinsa spp. of this C. sphoraria pattern resembling C. hyphaema West, from Japan, or Microsca [Collinsa] erecta Leech, 1889: 66, pl. 4 fig. 3 from Korea, are seen from India, China, Sumatra & Sulawesi.

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