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SS: Mosopia megaspila Walker, [1866]
Mosopia megaspila Walker, [1866] 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 34: 1188. TL: Penang. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38918249#page/494/mode/1up
Lödl, M., 2002. Notes on the genus Mosopia Walker ,[1866] 1865 with redescription of the type species M. megaspila Walker,[1866] 1865 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Herminiinae). Quadrifina, 5, pp.21-26. Fig. 10 for Mosopia magniplaga and Fig. 1-3 for Mosopia megaspila.
Joshi, R., Zahiri, R., Banerjee, D. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5635(1), pp.1-247. Lists from Nagaland.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_4_1.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/494152-Mosopia-megaspila
HS: Agree with the ID. Very distinct species, can be easily differentiated from the congeners by the long labial palpi and maculation on forewing (dimorphic characters?). This has to be a female, as it lacks the distinct pilosity on forewing, just above the maculation along the costal/anterior margin.
Mosopia megaspila Walker, [1866] 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 34: 1188. TL: Penang. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38918249#page/494/mode/1up
Lödl, M., 2002. Notes on the genus Mosopia Walker ,[1866] 1865 with redescription of the type species M. megaspila Walker,[1866] 1865 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Herminiinae). Quadrifina, 5, pp.21-26. Fig. 10 for Mosopia magniplaga and Fig. 1-3 for Mosopia megaspila.
Joshi, R., Zahiri, R., Banerjee, D. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5635(1), pp.1-247. Lists from Nagaland.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_4_1.php
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/494152-Mosopia-megaspila
HS: Agree with the ID. Very distinct species, can be easily differentiated from the congeners by the long labial palpi and maculation on forewing (dimorphic characters?). This has to be a female, as it lacks the distinct pilosity on forewing, just above the maculation along the costal/anterior margin.
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