Aegilia describens Walker, 1857

Figs. 4, 32–37, 110, 137, 163

Aegilia describens Walker, 1857 . List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 13: 1139. Syntypes: Ceylon [Sri Lanka] (BMNH).

Lophoptera xylinata Walker, 1865b, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 920.

Stictoptera anisoptera Snellen, 1880, Tijidschr. Ent., 23: 88.

Stictoptera describens: Hampson, 1912, Cat. Lepid. Phal. Br. Mus., 11: 149.

Stictoptera anca Swinhoe, 1919, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (9) 4: 120.

Diagnosis. The forewing has a black longitudinal strip from the base to the outer margin, and a short black strip lies parallel to it near the tornus. In the male genitalia, the harpe is hooked, longer than half length of the sacculus, a small digitiform process presents at the base of the harpe; a club-shaped process lies at the base of the costa.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 2 males, 1 female, Diaoluoshan, 930 m, 11–12.XII.2007, coll. Chen Fuqiang and Li Jing; 1 male, Jianfengling, 10.XI.1983, coll. Chen Peizhen; 1 male *, Jianfengling, 13.IV.1982, coll. Lin Youdong; 1 female, Jianfengling, 8.XII.1982, coll. Gu Maobin (IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan), Japan, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea.

Biological notes. The larval host plant was recorded as Mesua ferrea (Guttiferae) (Holloway, 1985) .

Remarks. The specimen from Hainan denoted by an asterisk (*) was misidentified by Chen and illustrated as Stictoptera cucullioides (misspelled as cuculloides) (Chen 1999: 947, pl. 43: 5).