Image of Rhypotoses nigriplaga Swinhoe ♂

Rhypotoses nigriplaga Swinhoe comb. n.

Orygia nigriplaga Swinhoe, 1903, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 12: 194.

Nygmia calesia nigrifascia Talbot, 1926, Sarawak Mus. J., 3 (2): 142, **syn.n.

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Diagnosis

See nigrocrocea above.

Taxonomic note

The taxon nigrifascia Talbot is a variant, with similar medial fasciation but also an antemedial, stronger towards the dorsum.

Geographical range

Borneo.

Habitat preference

Only old material has been seen, mostly from lowland localities, though there are several specimens without altitude data from the Penrissen mountains.

Genitalia:

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Species (10)


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