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Hypsopygia nonusalis (Walker, 1859)
Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Pg. 909-910. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/213193#page/123/mode/1up
Pyralis tenuis Butler, 1880b: 681–682. Type locality: China, Formosa [Taiwan]
Pyralis imbecilis Moore, 1885. Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3. Pg. 264 Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/286/mode/1up
Pyralis incongrua Butler, 1886. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
Pg. 383, pl. 35, fig. 5. Type locality: India, Kala Pani. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829643#page/479/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829629#page/450/mode/1up
Herculia hansi Rose & Dhillon, 1980. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 294–298, figs 1–7. Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Chambaghat. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44708216#page/330/mode/1up
Herculia imbecilis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160. Treats Pyralis incongrua as a synonym.
Herculia tenius; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160.
Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859 in Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, as a synonym of Tegulifera faviusalis.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/543848-Hypsopygia-nonusalis
Very variable species in terms of color. Most images on iNaturalist of live individuals are olive-green.
pnj187, bt084 on Hypsopygia spp. page is also this species. Best match to description is Herculia hansi.
Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Pg. 909-910. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/213193#page/123/mode/1up
Pyralis tenuis Butler, 1880b: 681–682. Type locality: China, Formosa [Taiwan]
Pyralis imbecilis Moore, 1885. Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3. Pg. 264 Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/286/mode/1up
Pyralis incongrua Butler, 1886. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
Pg. 383, pl. 35, fig. 5. Type locality: India, Kala Pani. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829643#page/479/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30829629#page/450/mode/1up
Herculia hansi Rose & Dhillon, 1980. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 294–298, figs 1–7. Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, Chambaghat. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44708216#page/330/mode/1up
Herculia imbecilis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160. Treats Pyralis incongrua as a synonym.
Herculia tenius; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 160.
Pyralis nonusalis Walker, 1859 in Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, as a synonym of Tegulifera faviusalis.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/543848-Hypsopygia-nonusalis
Very variable species in terms of color. Most images on iNaturalist of live individuals are olive-green.
pnj187, bt084 on Hypsopygia spp. page is also this species. Best match to description is Herculia hansi.
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