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SS: Parallelia rigidistria (Guenée, 1852)
Ophiusa rigidistria Guenée, 1852 in Boisduval & Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptéres 7: 240 (Ophiusa) (holotype: female, Central India, NHM (BMNH), London).
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 15/13. As Parallelia rigidistria.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, Pg. 496, # 2488 as Ophiusa rigidistria. WS: 56 mm. Sylhet, Rangoon, Sri Lanka.
Sivasankaran, K. and Ignacimuthu, S., 2014. A report of Erebidae (Lepidoptera: noctuoidea) from the Tamil Nadu part of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 111(3), pp.193-209.
Holloway, J.D. and Miller, S.E., 2003. The composition, generic placement and host-plant relationships of the joviana-group in the Parallelia generic complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 17(1), pp.111-128. Places this as ‘Parallelia’ rigidistria (Guenée, 1852).
Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. Pg. 170, Pl. 2/23.
Sondhi, S. (2024). Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust. xii+280 pp. Pl. 83/75 as Dysgonia rigidistria.
Sorry, gave wrong id should be Parallelia rigidistria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187255150
JD : Is the diffused medial band the only way to distinguish from P. calefaciens? Bold Systems has specimens with non-diffused bands for rigidistria - http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=455735. If on location, MOI has spoecimens from S. India identified as calefaciens.
GI: Bold System sometimes have wrong ids and so are not always a completely dependable source. I recall looking at the hw features also while identifying P calefaciens from KMTR. Unfortunately we don't have the HW features here . But they are seen in Sanjay's book image and in Lepidoptera of Ceylon vol 3-plate 168 fig 3. The image further confirms that the diffused medial band is the way to distinguish this one from P calefaciens. Hind wing details are also slightly ( not so drastically )different from calefaciens
Therefore I agree with the ID for the present. If we get more images in the future with hindwing details, we can revisit the species and correct them.
Ophiusa rigidistria Guenée, 1852 in Boisduval & Guenée, Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptéres 7: 240 (Ophiusa) (holotype: female, Central India, NHM (BMNH), London).
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 15/13. As Parallelia rigidistria.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, Pg. 496, # 2488 as Ophiusa rigidistria. WS: 56 mm. Sylhet, Rangoon, Sri Lanka.
Sivasankaran, K. and Ignacimuthu, S., 2014. A report of Erebidae (Lepidoptera: noctuoidea) from the Tamil Nadu part of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 111(3), pp.193-209.
Holloway, J.D. and Miller, S.E., 2003. The composition, generic placement and host-plant relationships of the joviana-group in the Parallelia generic complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 17(1), pp.111-128. Places this as ‘Parallelia’ rigidistria (Guenée, 1852).
Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. Pg. 170, Pl. 2/23.
Sondhi, S. (2024). Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust. xii+280 pp. Pl. 83/75 as Dysgonia rigidistria.
Sorry, gave wrong id should be Parallelia rigidistria https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187255150
JD : Is the diffused medial band the only way to distinguish from P. calefaciens? Bold Systems has specimens with non-diffused bands for rigidistria - http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=455735. If on location, MOI has spoecimens from S. India identified as calefaciens.
GI: Bold System sometimes have wrong ids and so are not always a completely dependable source. I recall looking at the hw features also while identifying P calefaciens from KMTR. Unfortunately we don't have the HW features here . But they are seen in Sanjay's book image and in Lepidoptera of Ceylon vol 3-plate 168 fig 3. The image further confirms that the diffused medial band is the way to distinguish this one from P calefaciens. Hind wing details are also slightly ( not so drastically )different from calefaciens
Therefore I agree with the ID for the present. If we get more images in the future with hindwing details, we can revisit the species and correct them.
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