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Artaxa Walker, 1855
Artaxa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 794, TS: Artaxa guttata Walker
= Nygmia ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 480
= Euproctis ; [AUCL]
Themaca Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 394, TS: Themaca comparata Walker
= Nygmia ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 480
= Euproctis ; [AUCL]
= ; [MOB5, 60]
Artaxa (Nygmiini) ; [MOB5, 60]
Artaxa cina (Strand, 1915)
Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis cina Strand, 1915; in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 342
Euproctis cina ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 45
Artaxa cina ; [MOB5: 61, f. 115, 123, pl. 6]; [NHM]
Artaxa comparata (Walker, 1865)
N.Hindustan, .... See [About maps] Themaca comparata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 395, TL: N.Hindustan
= Nygmia vitellina ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 483
= Artaxa vitellina ; [NHM]
Artaxa comparata ; [MOB5, 60 (note)]
Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, [1844])
Sundaland. See [About maps] Bombyx digramma Boisduval, [1844]; in Guérin-Méneville, Icon. Règne anim. Cuvier 3 (Insectes) : 508, : pl. 86, f. 4, TL: Java
Artaxa sastra Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2 : 351, TL: Java
= ; [MOB5, 60]; [NHM]
Nygmia sastra ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 484
Nygmia digramma ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 484
Euproctis digramma ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 60
Artaxa digramma ; [MOB5: 60, f. 113, pl. 6]; [NHM]

Larva on (for combined Artaxa guttata/digramma) Mangifera, Anogeissus, Terminalia, Shorea, Lagerstroemia, Melastoma, Litchi [MOB5, 61]

Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865
Sundaland, NE.Himalaya. See [About maps] Artaxa distracta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 333, TL: Sarawak
Euproctis olivata Hampson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11 (2): 295, TL: Khasia Hills
= ; [MOB5, 63]; [NHM]
Nygmia olivata ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 51
Nygmia distracta ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 51
Artaxa distracta ; [MOB5: 63, f. 118, 252, pl. 6]; [NHM]
Artaxa fulvistriata (Swinhoe, 1903)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Euproctis fulvistriata Swinhoe, 1903; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 (3) : 408, TL: St. Aignan I.
Nygmia fulvistriata ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 73
Artaxa fulvistriata ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 60 (note)]
Artaxa gentia (Swinhoe, 1903)
Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis gentia Swinhoe, 1903; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 12 (68) : 195, TL: Kina Balu
Nygmia gentia ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 53
Euproctis gentia ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 49
Artaxa gentia ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 62, f. 121, pl. 6]
Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855
N.India. See [About maps] Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 795, TL: Silhet
= Nygmia flava ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 63
= ?Artaxa digramma ; [MOB5, 61]
Euproctis guttata ; Collenette, 1934, Novit. Zool. 39 : 142
Artaxa guttata ; [NHM]
Artaxa hannemanni (Schintlmeister, 1994)
Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis hannemanni Schintlmeister, 1994; Heterocera Sumatrana 7 (2): 134
Artaxa hannemanni ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 64, pl. 6]
Artaxa hemixantha (Collenette, 1938)
Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis hemixantha Collenette, 1938; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 2 (20) : 380
Euproctis rufibasis Holloway, 1976; Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 45
= ; [MOB5, 61]; [NHM]
Artaxa hemixantha ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 61, f. 116, 119, pl. 6]
Artaxa lunula (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Euproctis lunula Bethune-Baker, 1908; Novit. Zool. 15 : 187, TL: Owgarra; Biage
= Euproctis luteomarginata ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 37 : 178
Artaxa lunula ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 60 (note)]
Artaxa maza (Swinhoe, 1903)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Euproctis maza Swinhoe, 1903; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 (3) : 407, TL: Kapaur, New Guinea
Nygmia maza ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 56
Artaxa maza ; [MOB5, 60 (note)]; [NHM]
Artaxa montiphaula Holloway, 1999
Borneo. See [About maps] Artaxa montiphaula Holloway, 1999; [MOB5: 64, f. 125, pl. 6], TL: Sarawak, Gunung Mulu Nat. Park
Artaxa montiphaula ; [NHM]
Artaxa nubilosa (van Eecke, 1928)
Sundaland. See [About maps] Euproctis nubilosa van Eecke, 1928; Zool. Meded. Leiden 11: 121 (males only), TL: Sumatra
Artaxa nubilosa ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 63, f. 127, pl. 6]

Larva on Coffea [MOB5, 64]

Artaxa ormea (Swinhoe, 1903)
Sundaland. See [About maps] Euproctis ormea Swinhoe, 1903; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 (3) : 426, TL: SE.Borneo
Euproctis alboscripta van Eecke, 1928; Zool. Meded. Leiden 11: 115, TL: Sumatra
= ; [MOB5, 62]; [NHM]
Euproctis alboscripta ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 79
Nygmia ormea ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 51
Euproctis ormea ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 66
Artaxa ormea ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 62, f. 114, pl. 6]

Larva on Aleurites [MOB5, 63]

Artaxa pentatoxa (Collenette, 1930)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Euproctis pentatoxa Collenette, 1930; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 78 (1) : 73, TL: ?Mt. Kunupi
Artaxa pentatoxa ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 60 (note)]
Artaxa phaula (Collenette, 1932)
Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis phaula Collenette, 1932; Novit. Zool. 38 : 71, TL: Penang
Artaxa phaula ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 64, f. 122, pl. 6]
Artaxa rubiginosa (Snellen, 1877)
Java. See [About maps] Euproctis rubiginosa Snellen, 1877; Tijdschr. Ent. 20 : 10, pl. 1, f. 3, TL: Java
Nygmia rubiginosa ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 51
Euproctis rubiginosa ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 69
Artaxa rubiginosa ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 63 (note)]
Artaxa sabahensis (Holloway, 1976)
Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis sabahensis Holloway, 1976; Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 48
Artaxa sabahensis ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 62, f. 120, pl. 6]
Artaxa tanaoptera (Collenette, 1938)
Sulawesi, Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis tanaoptera Collenette, 1938; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 2 (20) : 378, TL: N.Celebes
Artaxa tanaoptera ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 64, f. 124, pl. 6]
Artaxa tuhana (Holloway, 1976)
Borneo. See [About maps] Euproctis tuhana Holloway, 1976; Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 45, TL: Malaysia
Artaxa tuhana ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 62, f. 117, pl. 6]
Artaxa vitellina (Kollar, 1848)
N.India. See [About maps] Liparis vitellina Kollar, 1848; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 471, TL: Massuri, Himalaya
Euproctis gamma Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1731, TL: N.India
= ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 483; [NHM]
Artaxa princeps Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 331, TL: N.Hindostan
= ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 483; [NHM]
Nygmia vitellina ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 483
Artaxa vitellina ; [NHM]

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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[MOB5]
Holloway, J. D., 1999; The Moths of Borneo, Part 5: Family Lymantriidae; Malayan Nature Journal 53: 1-188
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:
Bethune-Baker, 1908
New Heterocera from British New Guinea Novit. Zool. 15 : 175-243
Collenette, 1930
Some new African and Indo-Australian Lymantriidae in the collection recently presented by Mr. James J. Joicey to the British Museum Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 78 (1) : 67-86, pl. 6-7
Collenette, 1932
New African and Indo-Australian Lymantriidae Novit. Zool. 37 : 159-180
Collenette, 1932
The Lymantriinae of the Malay Peninsula Novit. Zool. 38 : 49-102, pl. 1-2
Collenette, 1934
The Lymantriidae of Kwang-Tung (S.E. China) Novit. Zool. 39 : 137-150, pl. 10
Collenette, 1938
New Palaearctic and Indo-Australian Lymantriidae in the British Museum collection Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 2 (20) : 368-386
van Eecke, 1928
De Heterocera van Sumatra V Zool. Meded. Leiden 11: 49-145
Boisduval in Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes. Icon. Règne anim. Cuvier 3 (Insectes) : pl. 3-12 (1829), : pl. 13-14,21-24 (1830), : pl. 25-30,42-46,52-55,60,62,76,24-25,25bis,28bis (1831), : pl. 77-92,99,84bis (1832), : pl. 31,36-39,47-49,59,101,39bis (1833), : pl. 32-35,50,61,64-66,49bis (1834), : pl. 15-20,40,51,56-58,67-75,93-98 (1835), : pl. 100,102-104 (1836), : pl. 1-2,41,63 (1837), : 1-576 (1844)
Hampson, 1897
The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in "The fauna of British India". Part I-II J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11 (2): 277-297, pl. A (1897), (3): 438-662 (1898), (4): 698-724 (1898)
Moore, [1860]
A Catalogue of the lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of natural History at East-India House in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: : 279-440, pl. 13-23,7a,8a,9a,10a,11a,12a,13a
Schintlmeister, 1994
An annotated and illustrated check-list of the Lymantriida of Sumatra with description of new species (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae) Heterocera Sumatrana 7 (2): 113-180
Snellen, 1877
Heterocera op Java verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijvingen der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 20 : 1-50, pl. 1-3
Strand, 1915
Die Indo-Australischen Spinner und Schwärmer. Lymantriidae in Seitz, Die Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 291-387, pl. 38-47
Swinhoe, 1903
Descriptions of new Eastern Moths Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 12 (68) : 193-200
Swinhoe, 1903
A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the National collection Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1903 (3) : 375-498
Swinhoe, 1922; Swinhoe, 1923
A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 449-484, 11 (61): 47-97, 11 (63): 289-304, 11 (64): 400-442
Walker, 1855; Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Walker, 1865
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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