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Paradoxopla
Lajonqui�re
Type
species: sinuata Moore.
This genus was separated from Gastropacha by Lajonqui�re (1974) on the
basis of differences in the male genitalia. The uncus in dorsal view is
broadly 'M' shaped, the central portion being deep and dorsally setose.
The valves have a simple dorsal process only, but the juxta consists of
two processes as in Gastropacha. The aedeagus vesica contains a single row
of small cornuti. The eighth sternite is unmodified.
The two species mentioned by Lajonqui�re are Himalayan, with one extending
to Taiwan. Two species with distinctively narrowed forewings and falcate,
tornally produced hindwings occur in Sundaland as discussed below, but the
similarity is only superficial as the non-Bornean species has male
genitalia typical of Gastropacha, and has been described in that genus by
Lajonqui�re.
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