TRIBE NYGMIINI n.
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"Euproctis” schintlmagistri sp. n.
   
Euproctis postgrisea Rothschild sensu Schintlmeister, 1994: 119.


"Euproctis” schintlmagistri (holotype)


10-13mm, 13-16mm. The forewings are rather rounded distally, with venation as in most other genera in the tribe. The hindwings have M3 and CuA1 stalked. The forewings are a deep ochreous yellow, with increasing dark suffusion posteriorly towards the dorsum. The hindwings are dark brownish grey, grading to pale yellow towards the costal and distal margins. The male
genitalia are unusual, with features that preclude them from any of the preceding genera except possibly Choerotricha. The uncus is divided into two processes as in Choerotricha, and the aedeagus vesica is generally scobinate. However, the scobination is much finer and more general, and particularly dense in a small basal lobe. The shape of the rest of the genital capsule is also quite different, with a rather ring-like tegumen, short saccus and triangular valves. The valve costa has a central spine and the apex is acute, upturned, and invested with numerous spines. The female has an unusual bilobed bursa.

Holotype .
MALAYSIA: Sabah, Danum Valley, 170m, 4º 58N, 117º 48E, (S.J. Willott) 1º understorey, Obs. Platform, DVFC, 23.ix.93, BM lymantriid slide 2292.

Paratypes: 2 (slide 2293) as holotype but different dates; 4 (slides 2299, 2636) BORNEO: Sabah, Danum Valley, 5º 01N, 117º 47E, ix, x.1987, 100m, 150m, (A.H. Kirk-Spriggs); 2 (slides 1723, 1724) SARAWAK: Gunung Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 (J.D. Holloway et al.) Site 7, January, Long Pala (Base) 50m, 324450, alluvial/secondary forest; 1 BRUNEI: 3m, Seria, secondary and coastal veg., 20 Jun ‘78 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1 (slide 2290) Rampayoh, 125m, nr. Labi, BRUNEI, 2.iii. 1982 (T W. Harman); 1 (slide 2725) BRUNEI: 30-60m, Labi, lowland forest and secondary veg., 12.4.81 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen); 1 BRUNEI: 75m, Labi, Feb 82 (Lt. Col. M.G. Allen).

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference. The species is frequent in lowland forest.

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