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Xenochroa spp.
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SS: More likely to be Xenochroa purpurea (Hampson, 1891). (Carea). India: Sikkim, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, S. India, NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka; Bhutan. Note sinuous shape of postmedial.
Carea purpurea Hampson, 1891, Illust. typical Specimens lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 8: 59. Plate 141/4 & 9. Good match to description. States closest to Carea obsolescens which can be seen at https://www.mothsofindia.org/Carea-obsolescens
Carea devia Hampson, 1912: 555, syn. n.
Carea infundibulata Warren, 1916, Novit. zool., 23: 225, syn. n.
Xenochroa devia Hampson; Kobes, 1997: 121.
Xenochroa infundibulata Warren; Kobes, 1997: 130.
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, #2335, pg. 423. As Carea purpurea.
MOT, Vol. 3, part 2, Pl 29/8.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_6_4.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1305021-Xenochroa-purpurea
GI: Its the antimedial that should be sinuous not postmedial acc to MOB description Hampson says Postmedial is sinuous, where as MOB says 'Postmedial more transverse but obtusely angled basad subcostally' . The description given in MOB talks about minor variations in these species With no hindwing image available, I am reluctant to agree that this is X purprea. I feel genitalia confirmation is needed for this species.
My id: Xenochroa spp.
SS: Xenochroa spp.
Carea purpurea Hampson, 1891, Illust. typical Specimens lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 8: 59. Plate 141/4 & 9. Good match to description. States closest to Carea obsolescens which can be seen at https://www.mothsofindia.org/Carea-obsolescens
Carea devia Hampson, 1912: 555, syn. n.
Carea infundibulata Warren, 1916, Novit. zool., 23: 225, syn. n.
Xenochroa devia Hampson; Kobes, 1997: 121.
Xenochroa infundibulata Warren; Kobes, 1997: 130.
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 2, #2335, pg. 423. As Carea purpurea.
MOT, Vol. 3, part 2, Pl 29/8.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_6_4.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1305021-Xenochroa-purpurea
GI: Its the antimedial that should be sinuous not postmedial acc to MOB description Hampson says Postmedial is sinuous, where as MOB says 'Postmedial more transverse but obtusely angled basad subcostally' . The description given in MOB talks about minor variations in these species With no hindwing image available, I am reluctant to agree that this is X purprea. I feel genitalia confirmation is needed for this species.
My id: Xenochroa spp.
SS: Xenochroa spp.
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