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Carbia
pulchrilinea Walker comb. n.
Eupithecia pulchrilinea Walker,
1866, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 35: 1675.
Leiocera axis Hampson, 1893, Illustr. Typical Specimens
Lep. Het. Colln. Mus., 9: 153.
Pomasia moniliata Warren, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1893:
367.
Carbia
pulchrilinea 
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Diagnosis. This is the smallest of the grey species and has the hindwing fasciated
in a similar manner to the forewing. On both wings there are unevenly sized
black dots in the spaces just distal to the postmedial.
Geographical range. Indian Subregion, Borneo, Mentawi Is., New Guinea,
Bismarcks.
Habitat preference. The species is infrequent, but has been taken from
the lowlands to the upper montane forest zone at 1780m.
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