TRIBE NYGMIINI n.
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Artaxa tanaoptera Collenette comb. n
   
Euproctis tanaoptera
Collenette, 1938, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11), 2: 378.


Artaxa tanaoptera


Diagnosis.
The forewing pattern has the pale fasciae typical of the genus set off by much more intense dark irroration: this is crossed by pale lines marking the course of the veins extending from the posterior of the cell.

Geographical range. Sulawesi, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The only Bornean specimen is a male from the lower montane zone (1000m) of G. Mulu.

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