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Antimimistis attenuata
SS: Antimimistis attenuata Moore (1887)
Antimimistis Turner, 1922 species known from India.
Antimimistis attenuata (Moore, [1887]). Sri Lanka (TL).
Antimimistis subteracta Prout,1925. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Antimimistis cuprina Prout, 1958. Sri Lanka (TL).
Antimimistis attenuata (Moore, [1887])
Gymnoscelis attenuata (Moore, [1887]). The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 14: 640. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30158320#page/736/mode/1up
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_31_1.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/516634-Antimimistis-attenuata
Eupithecia attenuata Moore, 1887, Lep. Ceylon, 3: 479, Pl. 206/3. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/501/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/727/mode/1up
Antimimistis cuprina Prout, 1958
Antimimistis cuprina Prout, 1958. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, vol.6, pg. 447, Fig. 30. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/483/mode/1up. Plate at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/502/mode/1up Fig.30.
While the descriptions are not so clear, cuprina seems to lack the green on the abdomen.
JD : this is likely attenuata, but there is not much green, & the white spots on the submarginal of both wings are missing. A. cuprina does not seem to be very different, but has a coppery colour including on the abdomen - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7bf2/5d6cdcff8c246b36293dab4a105d532021d6.pdf
Posting an observation of attenuata from the NE.
SS: Antimimistis attenuata Moore (1887)
Antimimistis Turner, 1922 species known from India.
Antimimistis attenuata (Moore, [1887]). Sri Lanka (TL).
Antimimistis subteracta Prout,1925. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Antimimistis cuprina Prout, 1958. Sri Lanka (TL).
Antimimistis attenuata (Moore, [1887])
Gymnoscelis attenuata (Moore, [1887]). The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 14: 640. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30158320#page/736/mode/1up
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_31_1.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/516634-Antimimistis-attenuata
Eupithecia attenuata Moore, 1887, Lep. Ceylon, 3: 479, Pl. 206/3. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/501/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/727/mode/1up
Antimimistis cuprina Prout, 1958
Antimimistis cuprina Prout, 1958. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, vol.6, pg. 447, Fig. 30. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/483/mode/1up. Plate at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/502/mode/1up Fig.30.
While the descriptions are not so clear, cuprina seems to lack the green on the abdomen.
JD : this is likely attenuata, but there is not much green, & the white spots on the submarginal of both wings are missing. A. cuprina does not seem to be very different, but has a coppery colour including on the abdomen - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7bf2/5d6cdcff8c246b36293dab4a105d532021d6.pdf
Posting an observation of attenuata from the NE.
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