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Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926
1) OD : The Sarawak Musuem Journal 3: 197, https://archive.org/details/sarawakmuseumjou03sara/page/n230/mode/1up?view=theater
2) https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_8_1.php
3) http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535177
4) https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/20f224ef-f1c9-4e05-807c-ec8d5db55946/preview
5) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/752312-Polyscia-viridispurca
Similar spp. –
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896 - https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi03lond/page/148/mode/1up?view=theater
SS: Agree with Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926, though Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896 is a very similar species, but is not yellowish in color.
Heteromiza ochrilinea Warren 1896. JBNHS, Vol. 11, 1897-98. P. 719.
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren 1896. Nov. Zool. III., P. 148. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at
https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/148/mode/1up
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/20f224ef-f1c9-4e05-807c-ec8d5db55946/preview
https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-404730 misspelt as ochrifinea
Above link mentioned by you leads to Polyscia ochrilinea image. Polyscia ochrilinea, to has the black spot on FW in some individuals.
Another similar species is Conolophia nigripuncta (Hampson, 1891), which is already on MOI.
GI : Agree with ID Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926,
1) OD : The Sarawak Musuem Journal 3: 197, https://archive.org/details/sarawakmuseumjou03sara/page/n230/mode/1up?view=theater
2) https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_8_1.php
3) http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535177
4) https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/20f224ef-f1c9-4e05-807c-ec8d5db55946/preview
5) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/752312-Polyscia-viridispurca
Similar spp. –
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896 - https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi03lond/page/148/mode/1up?view=theater
SS: Agree with Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926, though Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896 is a very similar species, but is not yellowish in color.
Heteromiza ochrilinea Warren 1896. JBNHS, Vol. 11, 1897-98. P. 719.
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren 1896. Nov. Zool. III., P. 148. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at
https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/148/mode/1up
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/media/20f224ef-f1c9-4e05-807c-ec8d5db55946/preview
https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-404730 misspelt as ochrifinea
Above link mentioned by you leads to Polyscia ochrilinea image. Polyscia ochrilinea, to has the black spot on FW in some individuals.
Another similar species is Conolophia nigripuncta (Hampson, 1891), which is already on MOI.
GI : Agree with ID Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1926,
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