Taxonomy

Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu. Part of the C. anticalis-argentalis group.

Description

30mm. Calindoea sp. 5. nr. C. puralis is a glossy white species from Sabah, (Mount Kinabalu), in the NHM (Mi7348). There is a tiny black spot set in a shiny white patch at the FW apex with adjacent strigillate dark markings. There are a few other smaller blotches near the termen and in the postmedian area of the FW. See C. argentalis, C. puralis and Calindoea spp. 6 & 12. The obvious purple-brown blotch of C. puralis is reduced to a small triangular blotch post-medially at the dorsum of the FW.

Distribution & Habitat

Sabah. Lower montane.

Life History & Pest Status

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