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Diarsia nigrosigna Moore

Graphiphora nigrosigna Moore, 1881, Proc. zoo1. Soc. Lond., 1881: 352.

Chera efflorescens Hampson, 1891, Illustr. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Br. Mus. 8:

Chera erubescens Hampson, 1891, Ibid. 8: 78.

Rhyacia subochracea Corti & Draudt, 1933, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde. Suppl . 3: 75.

Agrotis nigrosigna postpallida Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill Mus., Witley, 2: 64.

Diarsia nigrosigna Moore; Holloway, 1976: 7.

Diagnosis

See Diarsia flavostigma Holloway.

Taxonomic notes

Sundanian material is referable to ssp. postpallida Prout.

Geographical range

N.E. Himalaya, China to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi.

Habitat preference

The species is common above 1900 m on G. Kinabalu but has been taken as low as 1200m. It has been taken at 1670m on Bukit Pagon, Brunei.

Genitalia:

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Species (6)


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