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Miaromima naessigi Kobes

Westermannia naessigi Kobes, 1989, Heterocera Sumatrana, 2: 156.

Westermannia naessigi Kobes; Sugi, 1991: 241.

Miaromima naessigi Kobes; Kobes, 1997: 66.

Diagnosis

The head-like mark is less clearly defined and has a more ‘untidy’ interior structure than in other species. Its basal margin has a more transverse (rather than oblique) curvature, with a very pale zone immediately basal to it.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo, Himalaya.

Habitat preference

Only five specimens have been noted from Borneo, all taken during the Mulu survey: three from alluvial forest at 70m, one from dipterocarp forest at 150m and one from upper montane forest at 1780m.

Genitalia:

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Species (4)


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