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Stalagmia guttaria Gray

Phalaena guttaria Gray, 1832, in Griffith, Animal Kingdom Baron Cuvier, suppl. Additions each Order, 15: 792.

Naxa tenera Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid Insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 378.

Diagnosis

See the generic description. There is slight sexual dimorphism, the females having the grey patches larger, with the postmedial ones set more basally on the wing.

Taxonomic Notes

Males from Sumatra and Java have the spots in the postmedial rows smaller, more even in size.

Geographical Range

Sundaland.

Habitat Preference

All records have been from lowland forest.

Genitalia:


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