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Hemithea spp.
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ID : Hemithea insularia Guenée, 1857
Hemithea insularia Guenée, 1857; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9: 385; No.616 Text : https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell09bois/page/385/mode/1up?view=theater [Translation: As far as I can judge from a bad individual, it is very close to the Thymiaria, and of the same green. But the black border of the wings is interrupted by a small white dot between each vein. — The upper side is yellowish; — the two lines are less distinct. — Below, we see, at the internal angle of the four wings, a blackish lithograph]
2. Hemithea insularia; [MOB9]: 267, f. 325, 332, pl. 9, 12 . https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_38_5.php
SS: Additional references
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 12, pg. 114, pl. 13i.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 490, # 4059 as a synonym of tritonaria.
Thalera insularia, Hmpsn. Ill. Typ. Het. B. M. , 1891, Vol. 8, p. 28
Thalera insularia Walker, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum.Vol. 22, pg. 598. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122745#page/114/mode/1up
Not at all convinced of ID. Very similar to tritonaria and doubtfully separated using images.
SS: Publishing at spp level.
Hemithea insularia Guenée, 1857; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9: 385; No.616 Text : https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell09bois/page/385/mode/1up?view=theater [Translation: As far as I can judge from a bad individual, it is very close to the Thymiaria, and of the same green. But the black border of the wings is interrupted by a small white dot between each vein. — The upper side is yellowish; — the two lines are less distinct. — Below, we see, at the internal angle of the four wings, a blackish lithograph]
2. Hemithea insularia; [MOB9]: 267, f. 325, 332, pl. 9, 12 . https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_38_5.php
SS: Additional references
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 12, pg. 114, pl. 13i.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 490, # 4059 as a synonym of tritonaria.
Thalera insularia, Hmpsn. Ill. Typ. Het. B. M. , 1891, Vol. 8, p. 28
Thalera insularia Walker, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum.Vol. 22, pg. 598. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122745#page/114/mode/1up
Not at all convinced of ID. Very similar to tritonaria and doubtfully separated using images.
SS: Publishing at spp level.
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