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Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925, Novit. zool., 32: 64. Holotype ♂, India: Naga Hills, 5000–6000 ft (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243475#page/86/mode/1up
Luxiaria contigaria Walker, sensu Prout, 1915, in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 4: 350, pl. 18: l.
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. Pg. 75-77; Fig. 1-5.
Sondhi et al, 2021. Moths of Tale, Image 334.
YS: Agreee with ID :
Likely Female based on plates in 2014 Zootaxa paper:
But the species can be distinguished by the following characters from Luxiara acutaria: the outer margin of the hind wing in the female is almost smooth and not as crenulate as in L. acutaria; the forewing discal spot is smaller, and not extending to the medial line distally; the postmedial lines on the underside of both wings are less distinct.
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925, Novit. zool., 32: 64. Holotype ♂, India: Naga Hills, 5000–6000 ft (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243475#page/86/mode/1up
Luxiaria contigaria Walker, sensu Prout, 1915, in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 4: 350, pl. 18: l.
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. Pg. 75-77; Fig. 1-5.
Sondhi et al, 2021. Moths of Tale, Image 334.
YS: Agreee with ID :
Likely Female based on plates in 2014 Zootaxa paper:
But the species can be distinguished by the following characters from Luxiara acutaria: the outer margin of the hind wing in the female is almost smooth and not as crenulate as in L. acutaria; the forewing discal spot is smaller, and not extending to the medial line distally; the postmedial lines on the underside of both wings are less distinct.
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