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Oxacme asymmetrica sp. n.
Oxacme
asymmetrica 
(holotype)
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7mm. The male facies is similar to that of commotoides. but the discal spot and postmedial of the forewing are
weaker, and the black marginal marks at the apex and marginal angle are
prominent, extending from there basad; there is a dark triangle on the costa at
about two-thirds. The male genitalia are of the modified type with the longer
uncus mentioned in the generic description. The valve ornamentation is
asymmetric, with slender and broad processes on each valve as illustrated.
Holotype
.BRUNEI: 300m, Ulu
Temburong, Rainforest (H.S. B[arlow]), Oct.1978, BM arctiid slide 4962.
Paratypes:
2 SARAWAK:
Gunong Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway
et al.), Site 7 (slide 4971), January, Long Pala (Base), 50m, 324450,
alluvial/secondary forest, and Site 8, February, Camp 1, Mulu, 150m, 385470,
mixed dipt. for.
Geographical
range. Borneo.
Habitat
preference. All
material is from lowland dipterocarp (including alluvial) forest.
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