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SUBFAMILY
HADENINAE |
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Callopistria
microptera Hampson Taxonomic notes. This species is only represented by the type specimen, purportedly a male. Dissection proved it to be a glued chimera, a female body with male wings glued on! The genitalia had a single band of scobination in the bursa, so the body is unlikely to be Callopistria, but is likely to be that part of the specimen to which the label data refer: Sarawak, collected by A.R. Wallace. The wings are definitely of Callopistria but cannot be assumed to be of Bornean provenance. It is therefore not illustrated and is excluded from the Bornean fauna until its status can be determined. |
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