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Observation_283569
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Proposed ID: Oroplema oyamana (Matsumura, 1931)
Epiplema oyamana Matsumura, 1931, 6000 Insects Japan-Empire, p. 942.
Epiplema dealbata Warren, sensu Holloway, 1976: 683.
Epiplema simplex Warren, sensu Inoue, 1983, Moths of Japan, 2: 311 (mis-identified).
Sohn, J. C. & Yen, S. H. 2005. A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera. Zoological Studies 44(1): 44–70. Pg. 64, Fig. 2Q,R,S.
Moths of Borneo, Vol. 8, pg. 102, pl. 7/21
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/epipleminae/epipleminae_8_1.php
Based on notes in Sohn & Yen (2005): This species (oyomana) was misidentified as either Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899) (as Epiplema simplex) or Dysaethria indignaria (Walker, 1866) (as Epiplema indignaria) in the Japanese and Taiwanese literature for a long time. However, the true Oroplema simplex is exclusively distributed in S. India and Sri Lanka. Oroplema simplex can be distinguished from oyamana by having a narrower dark patch at the forewing hind margin and a straighter antemedial line of the hindwing.
Misidentified/misapplied:
• Epiplema simplex (= Oroplema oyamana); Inoue, 1983, Moths of Japan 2: 311
Epiplema oyamana Matsumura, 1931, 6000 Insects Japan-Empire, p. 942.
Epiplema dealbata Warren, sensu Holloway, 1976: 683.
Epiplema simplex Warren, sensu Inoue, 1983, Moths of Japan, 2: 311 (mis-identified).
Sohn, J. C. & Yen, S. H. 2005. A Taxonomic Revision of the Korean Epipleminae (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae), with Phylogenetic Comments on the Involved Genera. Zoological Studies 44(1): 44–70. Pg. 64, Fig. 2Q,R,S.
Moths of Borneo, Vol. 8, pg. 102, pl. 7/21
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/epipleminae/epipleminae_8_1.php
Based on notes in Sohn & Yen (2005): This species (oyomana) was misidentified as either Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899) (as Epiplema simplex) or Dysaethria indignaria (Walker, 1866) (as Epiplema indignaria) in the Japanese and Taiwanese literature for a long time. However, the true Oroplema simplex is exclusively distributed in S. India and Sri Lanka. Oroplema simplex can be distinguished from oyamana by having a narrower dark patch at the forewing hind margin and a straighter antemedial line of the hindwing.
Misidentified/misapplied:
• Epiplema simplex (= Oroplema oyamana); Inoue, 1983, Moths of Japan 2: 311
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