Nygmia punctatofasciata van Eecke

Nygmia punctatofasciata van Eecke was reared from Neolamarckia (Rubiaceae) by Chung et al. (2009a), but misidentified as Artaxa distracta Walker. This is the first record for Borneo, but the species was mentioned in The Moths of Borneo Part 5 (p. 86 in discussion of the related N. civitta Swinhoe and N. nova Schintlmeister).

The medial zone of the forewing is distinctly darker than the rest of the wing, and the white marginal markings are reduced relative to those in civitta and nova. A female and an aggregation of larvae were illustrated by Chung et al. The larva was dark reddish brown with an irregular, pulsating whitish dorsal band with a narrowly dark central line. Black spots flank this on most abdominal segments but there is a large, dark, dorsal tuft enclosed in a white ring on A1 and a smaller white tuft on A8.

Geographic range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

Lowland, secondary forest.

Taxonomic Note

Nygmia punctatofasciata van Eecke was reared from Neolamarckia (Rubiaceae) by Chung et al. (2009a), but misidentified as Artaxa distracta Walker. This is the first record for Borneo, but the species was mentioned in Part 5 (p. 86 in discussion of the related N. civitta Swinhoe and N. nova Schintlmeister). The medial zone of the forewing is distinctly darker than the rest of the wing, and the white marginal markings are reduced relative to those in civitta and nova. A female and an aggregation of larvae were illustrated by Chung et al. The larva was dark reddish brown with an irregular, pulsating whitish dorsal band with a narrowly dark central line. Black spots flank this on most abdominal segments but there is a large, dark, dorsal tuft enclosed in a white ring on A1 and a smaller white tuft on A8.