Miscellaneous Genera VI
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Gonoglasa nigripalpis Walker 
Toxocampa? nigripalpis Walker [1863] 1864, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 80.


Gonoglasa nigripalpis


Diagnosis
. The species is a paler grey than camptogramma, with a more falcate forewing apex. The pale fasciae are slightly more irregular and less conspicuous, the antemedial terminating in a black semicircle on the dorsum.

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra (HS / ZSM), Thailand (VK).

Habitat preference. All four known specimens are from the lowlands. Old material consists of the holotype from near Kuching in Sarawak (A.R. Wallace) and a specimen from Sandakan on the coast of Sabah. Two specimens were taken in alluvial forest near limestone by the Melinau river at 70m and 100m during the Mulu survey.

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