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Lysimelia neleusalis
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SS: Herminiinae-genera spp., Needs investigation.
JD : Most likely Lysimelia neleusalis Walker, [1859], List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 201; - https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/201/mode/1up?view=theater
Polypogon neleusalis, https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_23_17.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334970-Lysimelia-neleusalis
This is listed under Polypogon in the MOI species list
Other Lysimelia spp. from the subcontinent -
Lysimelia alstoni Holloway, 1979
Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893)
Lysimelia nigripes (Hampson, 1895)
L. lysimeloides is the most similar, but the FW post-medial is waved - https://archive.org/details/moths03hamp/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Lysimelia Walker, [1859] species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Lysimelia alstoni Holloway, 1979. India: Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Lysimelia neleusalis Walker, [1859]. Oriental tropics. MOT lists as Polypogon neleusalis (walker, [1859]). Zahiri, 2012, Molecular Sytematics of Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) lists as Lysimelia neleusalis.
Lysimelia nigripes (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim; Myanmar.
Lysimelia neleusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 201; TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/201/mode/1up?view=theater
Nodaria maculipex Hampson, 1898; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11 (4): 701; TL: Khasis. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn11189798bomb/page/701/mode/1up?view=theater
Lysimelia perixeimenus Rothschild, 1920; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8 (3): 125; TL: Kornichi, Sandaran Agong [Sumatra]
Lysimelia neleusalis; [POOLE]; Zahiri, Holloway, Kitching, Lafontaine, Mutanen & Wahlberg, 2012, Syst. Ent. 37 (1): 107
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pg. 29, Pl. 2/33-34 as Polypogon neleusalis.
Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 33/33.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_23_17.php as Polypogon neleusalis Walker. States Polypogon ochreipes Prout and Polypogon phineusalis Walker are similar extralimital species.
Similar species
Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893)
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 60 as Nodaria lysimeloides. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths03hamp/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Hampson,Ill. Brit. Mus. Vol. 9. Pg 127, Pl 167/10 as Zanclognatha lysimeloides. States that it is similar to neleusalis but that the antennae of male are simple instead of having peculiarly long cilia and there is a tuft of hairs from the inside of the base of the third joint of the palpi, which is naked in neleusalis.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pg. 29 lists Lysimelia lysimeloides as a synonym of Lysimelia neleusalis. Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 541 also lists lysimeloides as a synonym of neleusalis.
Given the lack of clarity between lysimeloides/neleusalis, I would be ok to publish this with a provisional ID.
JD : Most likely Lysimelia neleusalis Walker, [1859], List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 201; - https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/201/mode/1up?view=theater
Polypogon neleusalis, https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_23_17.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334970-Lysimelia-neleusalis
This is listed under Polypogon in the MOI species list
Other Lysimelia spp. from the subcontinent -
Lysimelia alstoni Holloway, 1979
Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893)
Lysimelia nigripes (Hampson, 1895)
L. lysimeloides is the most similar, but the FW post-medial is waved - https://archive.org/details/moths03hamp/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Lysimelia Walker, [1859] species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Lysimelia alstoni Holloway, 1979. India: Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Lysimelia neleusalis Walker, [1859]. Oriental tropics. MOT lists as Polypogon neleusalis (walker, [1859]). Zahiri, 2012, Molecular Sytematics of Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) lists as Lysimelia neleusalis.
Lysimelia nigripes (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim; Myanmar.
Lysimelia neleusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 201; TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/201/mode/1up?view=theater
Nodaria maculipex Hampson, 1898; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11 (4): 701; TL: Khasis. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn11189798bomb/page/701/mode/1up?view=theater
Lysimelia perixeimenus Rothschild, 1920; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8 (3): 125; TL: Kornichi, Sandaran Agong [Sumatra]
Lysimelia neleusalis; [POOLE]; Zahiri, Holloway, Kitching, Lafontaine, Mutanen & Wahlberg, 2012, Syst. Ent. 37 (1): 107
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pg. 29, Pl. 2/33-34 as Polypogon neleusalis.
Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 33/33.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_23_17.php as Polypogon neleusalis Walker. States Polypogon ochreipes Prout and Polypogon phineusalis Walker are similar extralimital species.
Similar species
Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893)
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 60 as Nodaria lysimeloides. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths03hamp/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
Hampson,Ill. Brit. Mus. Vol. 9. Pg 127, Pl 167/10 as Zanclognatha lysimeloides. States that it is similar to neleusalis but that the antennae of male are simple instead of having peculiarly long cilia and there is a tuft of hairs from the inside of the base of the third joint of the palpi, which is naked in neleusalis.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pg. 29 lists Lysimelia lysimeloides as a synonym of Lysimelia neleusalis. Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 541 also lists lysimeloides as a synonym of neleusalis.
Given the lack of clarity between lysimeloides/neleusalis, I would be ok to publish this with a provisional ID.
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