TRIBE TRICHOPTERYGINI
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Trichopterigia sanguinipunctata Warren 
   
Amathia sanguinipunctata Warren, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 363.
   
Lobophora pulcherrima Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist (6), 12: 224.
   
Trichopterigia sanguinipunctata Warren; Hampson, 1895, Fauna Br. India Moths 3: 404,
        places pulcherrima as synonym.
   
Trichopterigia pulcherrima exsanguis Prout, 1958, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), 6: 455.
   
Trichopterigia pulcherrima Swinhoe; Holloway, 1976: 70.


Trichopterigia sanguinipunctata


Diagnosis.
The wings are a bone-white colour, the forewings with numerous delicate crimson fasciae. Those in the antemedial, postmedial and submarginal positions contain black dots or streaks on the veins.

Geographical range. N.E. Himalaya, China, Taiwan, Burma, Borneo; Luzon (ssp. exsanguis).

Habitat preference. The species is rare in Borneo, known only from three specimens taken at 1930m and 2110m on G. Kinabalu.

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