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Luxiaria tephrosaria
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Luxiaria tephrosaria (Moore, [1868])
OD: Acidalia tephrosaria Moore, 1868, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867 (3): 643. Syntypes including 1♂, India: Bengal. Luxiaria tephrosaria: Debauche, 1941, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg., (2) 22: 25. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90421#page/53/mode/1up. WS: 1.5 inch.
Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099. Fig 21-24.
Sondhi et al, 2021. Moths of Tale, Image 335.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/855869-Luxiaria-tephrosaria
Similar species: Luxiaria emphatica, Fig. 14-20, which is also known from India.
Diagnosis. This species is externally similar to L. tephrosaria as follows: the hind wing of the female is weakly crenulate; the wing colour is much paler than that of L. amasa and L. acutaria; the antemedial line, medial line and postmedial line respectively form a distinct black patch on the costa; the dot of the forewing postmedial line near the anal margin is dark and enlarged. However, L. emphatica can be distinguished by the following characters: the greyish brown bands outside the postmedial lines on both wings are thicker than those of L. tephrosaria; a greyish brown dot is present between M veins outside the postmedial line of the hind wing in L. tephrosaria, which is absent in L. emphatica.
RPS: Agree with ID and diagnosis that helps in separating the similar species.
OD: Acidalia tephrosaria Moore, 1868, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867 (3): 643. Syntypes including 1♂, India: Bengal. Luxiaria tephrosaria: Debauche, 1941, Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg., (2) 22: 25. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90421#page/53/mode/1up. WS: 1.5 inch.
Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099. Fig 21-24.
Sondhi et al, 2021. Moths of Tale, Image 335.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/855869-Luxiaria-tephrosaria
Similar species: Luxiaria emphatica, Fig. 14-20, which is also known from India.
Diagnosis. This species is externally similar to L. tephrosaria as follows: the hind wing of the female is weakly crenulate; the wing colour is much paler than that of L. amasa and L. acutaria; the antemedial line, medial line and postmedial line respectively form a distinct black patch on the costa; the dot of the forewing postmedial line near the anal margin is dark and enlarged. However, L. emphatica can be distinguished by the following characters: the greyish brown bands outside the postmedial lines on both wings are thicker than those of L. tephrosaria; a greyish brown dot is present between M veins outside the postmedial line of the hind wing in L. tephrosaria, which is absent in L. emphatica.
RPS: Agree with ID and diagnosis that helps in separating the similar species.
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