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Problepsis delphiaria
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Problepsis delphiaria delphiaria (Guenée, [1858]). Probably a male. Underside only for ID, not for publishing.
Argyria delphiaria Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. Gen. Lep. 10:14.
Problepsis auriculifera Warren, 1897, Novit. zool., 4: 59.
Problepsis argentisquama Warren, 1899, Ibid. 6: 337.
Xue, D. and L., Cui., & N. Jiang. 2018. A review of Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4392 (1): 101–127. Fig. 12-13 for P. delphiaria auriculifera.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 462, # 3976. Lists vulgaria as a synonym of delphiaria.
Barlow, Moths of SE Asia, pg. 125, Pl.42/9. Mentions UN of FW bears greyish-black suffusion while HW silvery-white.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/870882-Problepsis-delphiaria
RPS: Agree with ID. Good match with the plate and description
Argyria delphiaria Guenée, 1857, Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. Gen. Lep. 10:14.
Problepsis auriculifera Warren, 1897, Novit. zool., 4: 59.
Problepsis argentisquama Warren, 1899, Ibid. 6: 337.
Xue, D. and L., Cui., & N. Jiang. 2018. A review of Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4392 (1): 101–127. Fig. 12-13 for P. delphiaria auriculifera.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 462, # 3976. Lists vulgaria as a synonym of delphiaria.
Barlow, Moths of SE Asia, pg. 125, Pl.42/9. Mentions UN of FW bears greyish-black suffusion while HW silvery-white.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/870882-Problepsis-delphiaria
RPS: Agree with ID. Good match with the plate and description
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