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SS: Bombyx huttoni or incomposita
SS: Bombyx incomposita (van Ecke, 1929). Single post-medial line. I will upload Bombyx Hutton from NW Himalaya where double post-medial line is visible.
OD: Theophila incomposita van Eecke, 1929, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 12: 65
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/80_BOMBYCOIDEA/05_BOMBYCIDAE/01_Bombyx/Bombyx%20incomposita/Bombyx%20incomposita.htm
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=326339
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/bombycidae/bombycidae_1_1.php
MOB notes
Diagnosis. The grey falcate forewings with a black apical zone and fine, evenly curved fasciae are distinctive.
Taxonomic notes. Further dissection of Bombyx species has indicated that Sundanian material (incomposita) should be treated as distinct from Himalayan huttoni. The species is externally similar to huttoni, though specimens of the latter from the N.W. Himalaya have a double forewing postmedial, but the genitalia are relatively larger and more elongate.
RPS: Agree with ID.
SS: Bombyx incomposita (van Ecke, 1929). Single post-medial line. I will upload Bombyx Hutton from NW Himalaya where double post-medial line is visible.
OD: Theophila incomposita van Eecke, 1929, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 12: 65
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/80_BOMBYCOIDEA/05_BOMBYCIDAE/01_Bombyx/Bombyx%20incomposita/Bombyx%20incomposita.htm
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=326339
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/bombycidae/bombycidae_1_1.php
MOB notes
Diagnosis. The grey falcate forewings with a black apical zone and fine, evenly curved fasciae are distinctive.
Taxonomic notes. Further dissection of Bombyx species has indicated that Sundanian material (incomposita) should be treated as distinct from Himalayan huttoni. The species is externally similar to huttoni, though specimens of the latter from the N.W. Himalaya have a double forewing postmedial, but the genitalia are relatively larger and more elongate.
RPS: Agree with ID.
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Geetha Iyer
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Butterfly
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August
Year
2023
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