Diarsia
nigrosigna Moore
Graphiphora nigrosigna Moore, 1881, Proc. zoo1. Soc. Lond., 1881: 352.
Chera efflorescens Hampson, 1891, Illustr. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Br.
Mus. 8:
78.
Chera erubescens Hampson, 1891, Ibid. 8: 78.
Rhyacia subochracea Corti & Draudt, 1933, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde.
Suppl. 3: 75.
Agrotis nigrosigna postpallida Prout, 1928, Bull. Hill Mus., Witley, 2: 64.
Diarsia nigrosigna Moore; Holloway, 1976: 7.
Diagnosis.
See Diarsia
flavostigma Holloway.
Taxonomic
notes. Sundanian
material is referable to ssp. postpallida Prout.
Geographical
range. N.E.
Himalaya, China to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Habitat
preference. The
species is common above 1900 m on G. Kinabalu but has been taken as low as
1200m. It has been taken at 1670m on Bukit Pagon, Brunei.
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