Image



Life stage
Email (of contributor)
sanjay.sondhi1@gmail.com
Notes (optional)
Thyrididae, Striglininae
Herimba atkinsoni (Moore, 1879)
Griveaudia atkinsoni (Moore, 1879) on Lepindex
Herimba atkinsoni Moore, 1879. Desc. New Ind. Lep. Ins. 21, pl. 2/3. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/21/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 1, pg. 325, Fig. 223.
MON Part 2, Pg. 41, Pl. 53/36.
Yen, S.H. and Kishida, Y., 1997. Revision on Herimba atkinsoni Moore, 1879 (Thyrididae: Striglininae) and descriptions of three new subspecies from China and Taiwan. Lepidoptera Science, 48(2), pp.97-108.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/70_Calidulidae/Herimba%20atkinsoni/Herimba%20atkinsoni.htm
This species shows some variation in the white spots/band on FW.
Moths of Laos lists numerous similar extralimital species. Pl. 91. Herimba disconjuncta Yen & Kishida is an extralimital similar species.
RPS: Looks good for Herimba atkinsoni. Agree with ID.
YS: Agree with ID, although the HW spots look different in the Moths of Nepal specimen, could. be different subspecies, nice record.
Herimba atkinsoni (Moore, 1879)
Griveaudia atkinsoni (Moore, 1879) on Lepindex
Herimba atkinsoni Moore, 1879. Desc. New Ind. Lep. Ins. 21, pl. 2/3. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/21/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 1, pg. 325, Fig. 223.
MON Part 2, Pg. 41, Pl. 53/36.
Yen, S.H. and Kishida, Y., 1997. Revision on Herimba atkinsoni Moore, 1879 (Thyrididae: Striglininae) and descriptions of three new subspecies from China and Taiwan. Lepidoptera Science, 48(2), pp.97-108.
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Haruta%20Collection/70_Calidulidae/Herimba%20atkinsoni/Herimba%20atkinsoni.htm
This species shows some variation in the white spots/band on FW.
Moths of Laos lists numerous similar extralimital species. Pl. 91. Herimba disconjuncta Yen & Kishida is an extralimital similar species.
RPS: Looks good for Herimba atkinsoni. Agree with ID.
YS: Agree with ID, although the HW spots look different in the Moths of Nepal specimen, could. be different subspecies, nice record.
Name for copyright (do not include copyright symbol)
Sanjay Sondhi
Location (type location name here, or create a new location below under "Choose on the map")
HighLighted Contributions
No
Species Node
Overwrite img



Organism
Butterfly
Moth Taxon search:
Month
August
Year
2024
Day
8
Choose copyright license
Copyrighted (all rights reserved)