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Noctuides melanophia Staudinger, 1892
1) OD : Lepidopteren aus Tunis. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 5, 277 – 300 : 466
2) Balanotis euryptera, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1894b: 476 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14681122#page/518/mode/1up
3) Parorthaga euryptera, Fauna of British India, Moths of India, Vol 4 pg 111 #4436 and fig 65 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124944#page/142/mode/1up
4) http://www.jpmoth.org/Pyralidae/Epipaschiinae/Noctuides_melanophia.html
5) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1336517-Noctuides-melanophia
Other spp. from the Indian subcontinent –
Noctuides thurivora (Meyrick, 1932) (Anartula) – Sri Lanka - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60386833#page/325/mode/1up
SS: Agree with Noctuides melanophia Staudinger, 1892. The only species of genus Noctuides from India listed in Panagal et al 2023.
Agree with the ID
Tanagal, V., Murthy, M.S. and Reddy, P.M., 2023. A checklist of Indian Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae). Entomon, 48(1): 51-62. Lists distribution as Kerala.
Hampson list distribution as Bhutan, Sri Lanka.
1) OD : Lepidopteren aus Tunis. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 5, 277 – 300 : 466
2) Balanotis euryptera, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1894b: 476 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14681122#page/518/mode/1up
3) Parorthaga euryptera, Fauna of British India, Moths of India, Vol 4 pg 111 #4436 and fig 65 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124944#page/142/mode/1up
4) http://www.jpmoth.org/Pyralidae/Epipaschiinae/Noctuides_melanophia.html
5) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1336517-Noctuides-melanophia
Other spp. from the Indian subcontinent –
Noctuides thurivora (Meyrick, 1932) (Anartula) – Sri Lanka - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60386833#page/325/mode/1up
SS: Agree with Noctuides melanophia Staudinger, 1892. The only species of genus Noctuides from India listed in Panagal et al 2023.
Agree with the ID
Tanagal, V., Murthy, M.S. and Reddy, P.M., 2023. A checklist of Indian Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae). Entomon, 48(1): 51-62. Lists distribution as Kerala.
Hampson list distribution as Bhutan, Sri Lanka.
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