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Psilochira
lineata
Walker
Lymantria lineata Walker, 1855, List Specimens lepid. Insects
Colln Br. Mus., 4: 875.
Psilochira lineata nycthemera
Toxopeus, 1948, Treubia, 19: 447.
Imaida sinuata Toxopeus, 1948, Treubia, 19: 449, syn. n.
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the two other white species in
the genus by the fine and entire, rather than diffuse and broken, distal
fasciation on the forewing. The antemedial is straight rather than obtusely
angled.
Geographical range. N.E. India; Malaysia, Sumatra, Java (ssp. nycthemera);
Borneo (ssp. sinuata).
Habitat preference. Only old material from lowland localities has been
seen.
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