Progonia kurosawai

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A very tiny moth.
1) OD : Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Ser. A (Zoology), 1987: 152 ;
2) https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_26_2.php ;
3) http://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothQuery?F=Erebidae&G=Progonia&S=Progonia%20kurosawai
4) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/882626-Progonia-kurosawai ;
5) Moths of Thailand, Vol 3 part 2, pg 31 & Pl 3 figs 23-25 ;

Holloway in Moths of Borneo states that – “This is the most strongly marked of the four species with narrow forewings and paler hindwings. The forewings are pale to medium brown, with a much darker border and diffuse medial, within which the kidney-shaped reniform is more transverse than in other species. The antemedial and postmedial are also dark, very fine, crenulate, the latter strongly curved in the discal area, with its posterior two-thirds running more or less straight and obliquely to the dorsum. “
I do not have access to the OD, but the above description & pictures or illustrations in the other references match with this observation.
Similar spp. – Progonia umbrifera – from Australia & Oceania
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Month
December
Year
2020
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14