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Artaxa distracta
Walker
comb. rev.
Artaxa
distracta Walker,
1865, List Specimens lepid. insects Colln Br. Mus., 32: 333.
Euproctis
olivata Hampson,
1897, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11(2): 295, syn. n.
Diagnosis. See the previous species. The forewings are relatively constant in their
uniform brown colour.
Taxonomic note. The male genitalia of Himalayan and Sundanian material are
indistinguishable. The aedeagus has three large cornuti in the vesica.
Geographical range. Sundaland, N.E. Himalaya.
Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in lowland forest,
including heath forest.
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