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Tarsolepis rufobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
Tarsolepis rufobrunnea Rothschild, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24: 252; TL: Assam, Travancore. https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi24lond/page/252/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/tarsolepis/notodontidae_1_2.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1020068-Tarsolepis-rufobrunnea
Similar species
Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821])
Separating sommeri and rufobrunnea vide MOB.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/tarsolepis/notodontidae_1_1.php for sommeri.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/546004-Tarsolepis-sommeri
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Tarsolepis_sommeri
Diagnosis. The only possible species with which this could be confused is its congener rufobrunnea (see below). In sommeri the external silver triangle of the forewing is separated from the grey marginal zone by a dark brown crescent within its width rather than by a long, lenticular, ochreous yellow band. The hindwings above are paler brown basally, the veins picked out darker, the margin slightly rounded, crenulate, whereas in rufobrunnea the wing is uniform dark brown, the margin more or less straight. The ground colour below is fawn rather than pinkish. The female antennae are filiform rather than weakly pectinate. The third joint of the palp is long rather than short. The uncus of the male genitalia is bifurcate rather than entire. A tuft of red hair scales occurs ventrally at the base of the abdomen.
Given this description, the Rosemala individual is Tarsolepis rufobrunnea
Incorrectly identified as Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821]) in Moths of Shendurney, Sondhi et al 2018.
Status of Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821]) in India is unclear. Not listed in the Indian Notodontidae catalogue.
GI: Agree with ID
Tarsolepis rufobrunnea Rothschild, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24: 252; TL: Assam, Travancore. https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi24lond/page/252/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/tarsolepis/notodontidae_1_2.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1020068-Tarsolepis-rufobrunnea
Similar species
Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821])
Separating sommeri and rufobrunnea vide MOB.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/tarsolepis/notodontidae_1_1.php for sommeri.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/546004-Tarsolepis-sommeri
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Tarsolepis_sommeri
Diagnosis. The only possible species with which this could be confused is its congener rufobrunnea (see below). In sommeri the external silver triangle of the forewing is separated from the grey marginal zone by a dark brown crescent within its width rather than by a long, lenticular, ochreous yellow band. The hindwings above are paler brown basally, the veins picked out darker, the margin slightly rounded, crenulate, whereas in rufobrunnea the wing is uniform dark brown, the margin more or less straight. The ground colour below is fawn rather than pinkish. The female antennae are filiform rather than weakly pectinate. The third joint of the palp is long rather than short. The uncus of the male genitalia is bifurcate rather than entire. A tuft of red hair scales occurs ventrally at the base of the abdomen.
Given this description, the Rosemala individual is Tarsolepis rufobrunnea
Incorrectly identified as Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821]) in Moths of Shendurney, Sondhi et al 2018.
Status of Tarsolepis sommeri (Hübner, [1821]) in India is unclear. Not listed in the Indian Notodontidae catalogue.
GI: Agree with ID
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