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Elophila difflualis (Snellen, [1880])
Hydrocampa difflualis Snellen, [1880]; Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8): 75; TL: Makassar; Fort de Kock; Boea; Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidoptera00snel/page/75/mode/1up?view=theater
Isopteryx enixalis Swinhoe, 1885; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885: 869; TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/869/mode/1up?view=theater
Cymoriza linealis Moore, 1888; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 210; TL: Calcutta. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/210/mode/1up?view=theater
Nymphula osculatrix Meyrick, 1933; Exotic Microlep. 4 (13-14): 394; TL: Siam. Text at https://archive.org/details/exoticmicrolepid4193meyr/page/394/mode/1up?view=theater
MON Part 5. Pg. 100, Pl. 141/16.
http://pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?difflualis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acen/difflualis.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416517-Elophila-difflualis
Similar species
Elophila melagynalis (Agassiz, 1978)
Nymphula melagynalis Agassiz, 1978; Ent. Gaz. 29: 121; TL: Colombo. Text at
Elophila (Elophila) melagynalis; Speidel & Mey, 1999, Tijdschr. Ent. 142: 135. Text at
https://archive.org/details/tijdschriftvoore1999nede/page/135/mode/1up?view=theater
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Elophila_melagynalis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/735180-Elophila-melagynalis
From Pyralids of Borneo, Elophila melagynalis lacks the central “yellow discal spot”.
A fulvous brown and white sp. with a paler median band across both wings. Close examination of the patterning should distinguish this from Elophila turbata (Butler). It can also be confused with the smaller Elophila melagynalis Agassiz, 1978 but that has no yellow discal spots on the Uns and Ups of the FW and its female has an almost vertical white bar from the tornus of the HW.
JR: Looks good for E. difflualis to me
Hydrocampa difflualis Snellen, [1880]; Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8): 75; TL: Makassar; Fort de Kock; Boea; Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidoptera00snel/page/75/mode/1up?view=theater
Isopteryx enixalis Swinhoe, 1885; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885: 869; TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/869/mode/1up?view=theater
Cymoriza linealis Moore, 1888; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (3): 210; TL: Calcutta. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/210/mode/1up?view=theater
Nymphula osculatrix Meyrick, 1933; Exotic Microlep. 4 (13-14): 394; TL: Siam. Text at https://archive.org/details/exoticmicrolepid4193meyr/page/394/mode/1up?view=theater
MON Part 5. Pg. 100, Pl. 141/16.
http://pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?difflualis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acen/difflualis.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416517-Elophila-difflualis
Similar species
Elophila melagynalis (Agassiz, 1978)
Nymphula melagynalis Agassiz, 1978; Ent. Gaz. 29: 121; TL: Colombo. Text at
Elophila (Elophila) melagynalis; Speidel & Mey, 1999, Tijdschr. Ent. 142: 135. Text at
https://archive.org/details/tijdschriftvoore1999nede/page/135/mode/1up?view=theater
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Elophila_melagynalis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/735180-Elophila-melagynalis
From Pyralids of Borneo, Elophila melagynalis lacks the central “yellow discal spot”.
A fulvous brown and white sp. with a paler median band across both wings. Close examination of the patterning should distinguish this from Elophila turbata (Butler). It can also be confused with the smaller Elophila melagynalis Agassiz, 1978 but that has no yellow discal spots on the Uns and Ups of the FW and its female has an almost vertical white bar from the tornus of the HW.
JR: Looks good for E. difflualis to me
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