Artaxa distracta Walker comb. n.

Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 333.

Euproctis olivata Hampson, 1897, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11(2): 295, syn. **n.

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Diagnosis

See Artaxa ormea Swinhoe.

The forewings are relatively constant in their uniform brown colour.

Taxonomic notes

The male genitalia of Himalayan and Sundanian material are indistinguishable. The aedeagus has three large cornuti in the vesica.

Geographical range

Sundaland, N.E. Himalaya.

Habitat preference

The species is infrequent in lowland forest, including heath forest.

Genitalia: