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SUBFAMILY
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Amyna dohertyi sp. n. (Plate 2, Figs 39, 55) GG 12-13mm. This species is a similar size and coloration to axis, but the reniform is always whitish and accompanied by a small white bar on the costa. There is also a distinctive white patch near the apex. Males have a forewing fovea intermediate in development between those of axis and natalis. The species is a member of the aroa Bethune‑Baker (see below) species group where most taxa have similar facies and share features of the male genitalia such as a robust and sometimes ornate uncus, a similarly robust dorsal arm to the valve and a relatively well‑developed curved process interior to the base of the cleft between the two arms. In dohertyi the uncus is short but only moderately robust, but the dorsal arm of the valve is blunt, somewhat square apically. The curved process at the cleft of the valve is much broader than in the other species. Females from Sumatra (slide 20845) and Java (slide 20671) that are probably associated with the males have a less robust ductus bursae than in padanga Swinhoe (Sumatra, Java; reduced white area on the forewing) and a shorter eighth segment than in indignata Wileman (Philippines; only females available). Other members of the group include aroa Bethune‑Baker (New Guinea) flavirena Holloway (New Caledonia and Loyalty Is.), apicipuncta Turner (Queensland) and undescribed species from: Sulawesi (slides 8813, 20674); Dampier I. and New Ireland (slides 21246, 21249); Goodenough I. (slide 21248); and, related to the previous one, the Solomons (slide 21233, 21250) . Holotype G. PULO LAUT (Doherty) 96‑34, BM noctuid slide 20381. Paratype G. As holotype. Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra (Marang; slide 20655), Java (slide 20671). Habitat preference. Representation is restricted to two males from Pulo Laut, a low‑lying island at the south of Borneo.
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