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Heracula discivitta
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This is a new for me. iNaturalist ID is Heracula discivitta
RS: Interesting record! A new family for MOI records!
OD: Heracula discivitta. Moore, 1866. On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3). Pg 804, Pl. 43, fig 2; TL: Darjeeling (Text https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/804/mode/1up?view=theater Plate https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/n865/mode/1up?view=theater)
Swinhoe, 1923. A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61). Page 81.
Kishida in Haruta, 1993. Moths of Nepal 2 Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3), Pg. 82, Pl. 55, Fig. 6.
Kishida in Haruta, 1994. Moths of Nepal 3 Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1), Pg. 73.
Wang, H., Holloway, J. D., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M., & Nylin, S. (2019). Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula iscivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea). Systematic Entomology, 44, 211–225.
GI: Agree with ID. This moth is indeed different from the moths that are seen under the Super Family Geometroidea.
Since we would be adding a new family to the MOI website, the following reference may also be included under the reference section.
Hossein Rajaei, Carola Greve, Harald Letsch, Dieter Stüning, Niklas Wahlberg, Joël Minet, Bernhard Misof : Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata). https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12108
SS: Agree with ID. Additional reference.
Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1915. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 10, pg. 319, pl. 39f.
RS: Interesting record! A new family for MOI records!
OD: Heracula discivitta. Moore, 1866. On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3). Pg 804, Pl. 43, fig 2; TL: Darjeeling (Text https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/804/mode/1up?view=theater Plate https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen65zool/page/n865/mode/1up?view=theater)
Swinhoe, 1923. A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61). Page 81.
Kishida in Haruta, 1993. Moths of Nepal 2 Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3), Pg. 82, Pl. 55, Fig. 6.
Kishida in Haruta, 1994. Moths of Nepal 3 Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1), Pg. 73.
Wang, H., Holloway, J. D., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M., & Nylin, S. (2019). Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula iscivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea). Systematic Entomology, 44, 211–225.
GI: Agree with ID. This moth is indeed different from the moths that are seen under the Super Family Geometroidea.
Since we would be adding a new family to the MOI website, the following reference may also be included under the reference section.
Hossein Rajaei, Carola Greve, Harald Letsch, Dieter Stüning, Niklas Wahlberg, Joël Minet, Bernhard Misof : Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata). https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12108
SS: Agree with ID. Additional reference.
Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1915. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 10, pg. 319, pl. 39f.
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