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Patania characteristica
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Patania characteristica (Warren, 1896)
Gadessa characteristica Warren, 1896, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 103. TL: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61862#page/117/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patania_characteristica
MON Part 4, Pl 125/20. As Pleuroptya characteristica.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 4, pg. 311, # 4907 as a synonym of Dichocrocis megillalis.
Similar species: Dichocrocis megillalis (Walker, 1859) that lacks the dark wedge-shaped marking on the forewing.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/869854-Dichocrocis-megillalis
JD : agree on ID
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/910399-Pleuroptya-characteristica
Agree on ID - RS
Gadessa characteristica Warren, 1896, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 103. TL: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61862#page/117/mode/1up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patania_characteristica
MON Part 4, Pl 125/20. As Pleuroptya characteristica.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 4, pg. 311, # 4907 as a synonym of Dichocrocis megillalis.
Similar species: Dichocrocis megillalis (Walker, 1859) that lacks the dark wedge-shaped marking on the forewing.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/869854-Dichocrocis-megillalis
JD : agree on ID
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/910399-Pleuroptya-characteristica
Agree on ID - RS
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