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Bembina Walker, 1865

Bembina Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 505, TS: Bembina apicalis Walker

= Nygmia ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 480
= Euproctis ; [AUCL]

Bembina (Nygmiini) ; [MOB5, 88]

Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865

Ceylon, N.India. See [About maps] Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 505, TL: Ceylon

= Bembina atomaria ; [NHM]

Artaxa atomaria Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 796, TL: N.India
Nygmia lacipa Swinhoe, 1923; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 53 (repl. Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865), TL: Ceylon
Euproctis flavotriangulata Gaede, 1932; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (Suppl.): 104, TL: Ta-tsien-lou

= Bembina atomaria ; [NHM]

Nygmia atomaria ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 48
Euproctis atomaria ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 59
Bembina atomaria ; [NHM]
Bembina apicalis ; [MOB5, 88 (note)]

Bembina isabellina (Heylaerts, 1892)

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [About maps] Porthesia isabellina Heylaerts, 1892; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 36 (1): 9, TL: Padang Rengas, Sumatra
Euproctis orgyioides van Eecke, 1928; Zool. Meded. Leiden 11: 113

= ; [MOB5, 89]

Euproctis orgyioides ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 78
Euproctis isabellina ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 71
Bembina isabellina ; [MOB5: 89, f. 233, 262, pl. 5]; [NHM]

Larva on Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Zea mays [MOB5, 89]

Bembina nucula (Swinhoe, 1894)

NE.Himalaya. See [About maps] Orgyia nucula Swinhoe, 1894; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (84) : 435, TL: Fort Stedman, Shan States; Cherra Punji
Notolophus nucula ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (64): 421
Bembina nucula ; [MOB5, 89 (note)]; [NHM]

Bembina albinotata (Heylaerts, 1892)

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo. See [About maps] Artaxa albinotata Heylaerts, 1892; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 36 (1): 9, TL: Somatra
Euproctis isabellina ; Schintlmeister, 1994, Heterocera Sumatrana 7 (2): 120
Bembina albinotata ; [MOB5: 89, f. 231, 256, 263, pl. 5]; [NHM]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Euproctis deliana; van Eecke, 1928, Zool. Meded. Leiden 11: 131 (part)

Bembina atripuncta (Hampson, 1897)

N.India. See [About maps] Euproctis atripuncta Hampson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11 (2): 295, TL: Khasia Hills
Nygmia atripuncta ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 63
Bembina atripuncta ; [MOB5, 89 (note)]; [NHM]

Bembina pseudaurantiaca Holloway, 1999

Borneo, ?Sumatra. See [About maps] Bembina pseudaurantiaca Holloway, 1999; [MOB5: 89, f. 232, pl. 5], TL: Sarawak, Gunung Mulu Nat. Park
Bembina pseudaurantiaca ; [NHM]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

[About maps]

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[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:

Collenette, 1932

The Lymantriinae of the Malay Peninsula Novit. Zool. 38 : 49-102, pl. 1-2

van Eecke, 1928

De Heterocera van Sumatra V Zool. Meded. Leiden 11: 49-145

Gaede, 1932

Die Palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer: Lymantriidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2 (Suppl.): 95-106

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)

Heylaerts, 1892

Heterocera exotica, nouvelles espéces de Indes Orientales Neerlandaises Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 36 (1): 7-16, (2): 43-48

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

Swinhoe, 1894

New species of Eastern Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (84) : 429-443, 1fig.

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

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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