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Observation_256027
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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.
Specimen images not for upload.
YS: I do not think this is Luxiaria mitorrhaphes. I suspect it is Luxiara amasa. The forwing shape looks much more acute and curved than the other species and the description and wing shape and features match Luxiaria amasa more.
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.
Specimen images not for upload.
YS: I do not think this is Luxiaria mitorrhaphes. I suspect it is Luxiara amasa. The forwing shape looks much more acute and curved than the other species and the description and wing shape and features match Luxiaria amasa more.