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Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901)
Zethes multiplaga Swinhoe, 1901; Annals & magazine of natural history
498; TL: Jaintia Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196038#page/534/mode/1up
Similar species:
Tamba delicata Prout, 1932
Tamba delicata Prout, 1932, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 4: 273.
MOT Vol. 3, Pl. 16/6. Erroneously identified as Tamba multiplaga, which also has green markings.
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 93, Pl. 11/1.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_11_11.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/732804-Tamba-delicata
Not certain on how to separate these two species, but presence of green spot near base of forewing and a green patch on abdomen are two differences I can spot. MOB states multiplaga is a valid taxon from NE Himalaya.
ZSI lists both these species from NE India, but I think that is an error; Faunal Diversity of Indian Himalaya Chandra et al 2018.
JD : I would agree with multiplaga provisionally based on location. T. delicata images on iNat and elsewhere do not always show these green markings near FW base and abdomen. Swinhoe has given a very detailed description of multiplaga, and does not mention these markings - however the description is based on a female. Even if the two taxa would be synonyms, multiplaga would take precedence as described earlier?
SS: Yes, agreed, Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901) would take precedence, even if synonymized.
GI: I have nothing more to add and would concur with what JD has detailed after checking the images and descriptions in the references provided. Final id can only come through dissection or bar coding. So is it possibe to upload it with cf? Can you ask the programmers to provide that utility?
I agree with T multiplaga as a provisional id, since some of the images on iNat do show the green markings you have pointed out Sanjay
Zethes multiplaga Swinhoe, 1901; Annals & magazine of natural history
498; TL: Jaintia Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196038#page/534/mode/1up
Similar species:
Tamba delicata Prout, 1932
Tamba delicata Prout, 1932, Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 4: 273.
MOT Vol. 3, Pl. 16/6. Erroneously identified as Tamba multiplaga, which also has green markings.
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 93, Pl. 11/1.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_11_11.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/732804-Tamba-delicata
Not certain on how to separate these two species, but presence of green spot near base of forewing and a green patch on abdomen are two differences I can spot. MOB states multiplaga is a valid taxon from NE Himalaya.
ZSI lists both these species from NE India, but I think that is an error; Faunal Diversity of Indian Himalaya Chandra et al 2018.
JD : I would agree with multiplaga provisionally based on location. T. delicata images on iNat and elsewhere do not always show these green markings near FW base and abdomen. Swinhoe has given a very detailed description of multiplaga, and does not mention these markings - however the description is based on a female. Even if the two taxa would be synonyms, multiplaga would take precedence as described earlier?
SS: Yes, agreed, Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901) would take precedence, even if synonymized.
GI: I have nothing more to add and would concur with what JD has detailed after checking the images and descriptions in the references provided. Final id can only come through dissection or bar coding. So is it possibe to upload it with cf? Can you ask the programmers to provide that utility?
I agree with T multiplaga as a provisional id, since some of the images on iNat do show the green markings you have pointed out Sanjay
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