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Hypena indicatalis
Provisionally identified as Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]), male. Difficult genus to identify to species level.
Hypena indicatalis Walker, [1859] 1858, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 16: 61. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/73/mode/1up (female). OD is too generic for a good ID.
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 89, # 2970.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 43, Pl. 5/4.
MPT, Vol. 3, Pl. 2/27-28 as Hypena cidarioides Moore.
Roger Kendrick PhD, plate 33/19 as Hypena indicatalis for male & female, but the images are not great.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496479-Hypena-indicatalis
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_5_3.php
Diagnosis (From MOB). The forewing has the postmedial variably oblique and triarcuate, the zone basal to it a richer darker brown, perhaps grading slightly paler in the basal half. The black exterior to the apical lens tends to be more intense and extensive distally when it is strongly developed. The cilia in the basal half of the male antennae are significantly shorter than the width of the flagellomeres.
MOJ, Vol. 2, pl. 222/13-20. 13/15 males, rest females.
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World., Vol 3. Pg. 434, Pl. 73e. As Bomolocha indicatalis.
Also, uploading another image where the basal patch is entirely purple-brown.
RPS: Agree with the provisional ID. The purple-brown patch in the other image definitely looks very different, but the MOB characters and comparison to plates matches well. Can't find an image of a specimen with the same pattern. Will check again later..
Provisionally identified as Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]), male. Difficult genus to identify to species level.
Hypena indicatalis Walker, [1859] 1858, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 16: 61. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/73/mode/1up (female). OD is too generic for a good ID.
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 89, # 2970.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 43, Pl. 5/4.
MPT, Vol. 3, Pl. 2/27-28 as Hypena cidarioides Moore.
Roger Kendrick PhD, plate 33/19 as Hypena indicatalis for male & female, but the images are not great.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496479-Hypena-indicatalis
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/hypeninae/hypeninae_5_3.php
Diagnosis (From MOB). The forewing has the postmedial variably oblique and triarcuate, the zone basal to it a richer darker brown, perhaps grading slightly paler in the basal half. The black exterior to the apical lens tends to be more intense and extensive distally when it is strongly developed. The cilia in the basal half of the male antennae are significantly shorter than the width of the flagellomeres.
MOJ, Vol. 2, pl. 222/13-20. 13/15 males, rest females.
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World., Vol 3. Pg. 434, Pl. 73e. As Bomolocha indicatalis.
Also, uploading another image where the basal patch is entirely purple-brown.
RPS: Agree with the provisional ID. The purple-brown patch in the other image definitely looks very different, but the MOB characters and comparison to plates matches well. Can't find an image of a specimen with the same pattern. Will check again later..
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