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Negeta
contrariata
Walker
Negeta contrariata Walker, 1862, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br.
Mus., 24: 1105.
Ariolica?
signata
Walker, [1863]1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 54,
syn. n.
Nertobriga
reversa
Walker, [1862]1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 75,
syn. n.
Ariolica
leucospila
Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 788, syn. n.
Doranaga
apicalis
Moore, 1887, Lep. Ceylon, 3: 553.
Nertobriga signata ab.
costalis
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 92.
Nertobriga signata ab.
discalis
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 92.
Nertobriga signata ab.
subterminalis
Strand, 1917, Arch. Naturgesch., 82 (A1): 92.
Nertobriga signata
costalis
Gaede, discalis Gaede and
subterminalis
Gaede, 1938, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11: 449-450.
Negeta
soliera
Swinhoe sensu Kobes, 1997: 71.
Diagnosis. The general appearance is as in the generic account. The
subapical triangular patch is shallow relative to that of other species and
usually with the basal side longer than the distal; however, its extent and
shape is variable, and it can be shaded grey rather than white; the brown ground
of the forewing also varies in darkness and variegation, and there may be a
darker patch in the reniform position. The male genitalia are diagnostic, the
uncus somewhat like the head of a bird. See also the diagnoses of the species
following.
Taxonomic note. The type material of the Walker names (all in UM, Oxford) is
mostly female, and the species following are based entirely on males, so the
synonymy above is based on facies characters.
Geographical range. Indo-Australian tropics east to Australia and Bismarcks.
Habitat preference. The species is infrequent in forest from the lowlands to
the lower montane zone, the highest record being from 1000m. Some records are
from disturbed forest and plantations (e.g. Chey, 1994).
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