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Observation_278079
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Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023
OD : Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 390-408 : 393 - https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B1B87B8F026FFE8FF1FFE50FD59F920
& images on https://zenodo.org/records/10151272
Other Gandhara spp. are extra-limital & can be best separated by genital dissection.
Similar genus is Collita, with Collita serva (Walker, 1854) Volynkin & Černý & Huang & Hu, 2023, found in Nepal & Myanmar - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F02FFFE1FF1FFC44FBF5F86D
Moore's specimen was misidentified as Lithosia serva.
Notes on Gandhara here - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F024FFE9FF1FFB5CFE02FAD3
Walker's specimen is transferred to Collita - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F02FFFE1FF1FFC44FBF5F86D & images here - https://zenodo.org/records/10151278
Besides the absence of androcoinal scales, the fore wing shape is also different in Collita serva.
SS: I had missed the Gandhara review paper. I agree with Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023, but will wait till I get the paper before publishing this species.
OD : Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 390-408 : 393 - https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B1B87B8F026FFE8FF1FFE50FD59F920
& images on https://zenodo.org/records/10151272
Other Gandhara spp. are extra-limital & can be best separated by genital dissection.
Similar genus is Collita, with Collita serva (Walker, 1854) Volynkin & Černý & Huang & Hu, 2023, found in Nepal & Myanmar - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F02FFFE1FF1FFC44FBF5F86D
Moore's specimen was misidentified as Lithosia serva.
Notes on Gandhara here - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F024FFE9FF1FFB5CFE02FAD3
Walker's specimen is transferred to Collita - https://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/html/9B1B87B8F02FFFE1FF1FFC44FBF5F86D & images here - https://zenodo.org/records/10151278
Besides the absence of androcoinal scales, the fore wing shape is also different in Collita serva.
SS: I had missed the Gandhara review paper. I agree with Gandhara typica Volynkin & Černý, 2023, but will wait till I get the paper before publishing this species.