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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.
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