TRIBE NYGMIINI n.
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Rhypotoses nigriplaga Swinhoe comb. n.  
   
Orygia nigriplaga Swinhoe, 1903, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 12: 194.
   
Nygmia calesia nigrifascia Talbot, 1926, Sarawak Mus. J., 3 (2): 142, syn.n.


Rhypotoses nigriplaga


Diagnosis.
See nigrocrocea above.

Taxonomic note. The taxon nigrifascia Talbot is a variant, with similar medial fasciation but also an antemedial, stronger towards the dorsum.

Geographical range. Borneo.

Habitat preference. Only old material has been seen, mostly from lowland localities, though there are several specimens without altitude data from the Penrissen mountains.

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