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Perixera confiniscripta Warren comb. rev.

Perixera confiniscripta Warren, 1896, Novit. zool., 3: 374.

Perixera confiniscripta rubripuncta Warren, 1897, Ibid., 4 : 394.

Diagnosis

(See P. pictimaculis). The enlarged and basally displaced postmedial dots on vein M2 of both wings are also seen in.

Taxonomic Notes

There are coremata on the male fourth sternite, but otherwise features typical of Perixera are lacking. There is a distinctively flexed bundle of hairs at the end of each corema. The uncus is broadly bifid.

Geographical Range

Tenimber, Kei Is., New Guinea, Sulawesi, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia.

Habitat Preference

Only a few Bornean specimens have been seen, two taken in lowland alluvial forest during the Mulu survey, and another at Bidi, also in the lowlands of Sarawak.

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