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Paradoxopla
cardinalis Holloway comb. n.
Pseudophyllodes cardinalis Holloway, 1976: 90.
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Paradoxopla
cardinalis 
(holotype)
(natural
size)
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Diagnosis. The insect is a uniform rich chestnut brown with no obvious
markings. The narrow, apically produced forewings and falcate, tornally
produced hindwings are distinctive.
Taxonomic notes. The externally similar Gastropacha minima
Lajonqui�re is
known from Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. This has less
excavate hindwings on which there is a small white reticulated patch.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. Only the holotype male is known, taken at 2600m on G.
Kinabalu.
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