Image of Toxoproctis hemibathes Swinhoe ♂
Image of Toxoproctis hemibathes Swinhoe ♀

Toxoproctis hemibathes Swinhoe comb. n.

Euproctis hemibathes Swinhoe, 1906, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist . (7), 17: 542.

Diagnosis

See the previous species for facies distinctions. The male genitalia have the uncus much narrower apically and with squarer shoulders than in the previous suite of species. The valves are square, the costa slightly concave. The aedeagus has the straight spine much larger than the reflexed one, and the vesica has only one band of spines. The female has the ductus tube shorter than inmunda, the ostium set in a transverse oval plate. The bursa is relatively small.

Geographical range

Sumatra, Borneo.

Habitat preference

The few records have been from lowland forests.

Genitalia:

Related species:

Species (17)


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