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Anabelcia nepalensis (Haruta, 1993)
1) OD : Belciana kala nepalensis, Moths of Nepal part 2 , pg 63 & Pl 49/5
2) Moths of Thailand, Vol 3 pt 2, Pl 37/20
3) Behounek, G. & Kononenko, V.S. (2012a). A revision of the”Belciana” kala Prout, 1924 species group with description of a new genus and two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae,contribution VI. Zootaxa, 3590, 1–15. Figs 6–8.
4) http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=752469
Similar spp from Indian region –
Anabelcia kala (Prout, 1924) – in Behounek et al, “Externally A. nepalensis easily can be distinguished from A. kala by presence of dark brown or blackish suffusion in the mid-section of medial field below Cu trunk (not expressed in A. kala), less developed dentate lines in the medial field and uninterrupted brown submedial field (in A. kala it is interrupted in the mid-section, forming isolated subapical and tornal brown patches)”
SS: Agree with ID.
Additional references
Belciana kala Prout, 1924. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Witley, 1: 442, Pl. 15/6. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/442/mode/1up?view=theater
1) OD : Belciana kala nepalensis, Moths of Nepal part 2 , pg 63 & Pl 49/5
2) Moths of Thailand, Vol 3 pt 2, Pl 37/20
3) Behounek, G. & Kononenko, V.S. (2012a). A revision of the”Belciana” kala Prout, 1924 species group with description of a new genus and two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae,contribution VI. Zootaxa, 3590, 1–15. Figs 6–8.
4) http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=752469
Similar spp from Indian region –
Anabelcia kala (Prout, 1924) – in Behounek et al, “Externally A. nepalensis easily can be distinguished from A. kala by presence of dark brown or blackish suffusion in the mid-section of medial field below Cu trunk (not expressed in A. kala), less developed dentate lines in the medial field and uninterrupted brown submedial field (in A. kala it is interrupted in the mid-section, forming isolated subapical and tornal brown patches)”
SS: Agree with ID.
Additional references
Belciana kala Prout, 1924. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Witley, 1: 442, Pl. 15/6. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/442/mode/1up?view=theater
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