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Moths of Nepal, plate # 1, image no 29.
Described in Hampson vol 1, # 753, pg 349 as O. obtusa and description matches well. Shows Oreta vatama as junior synonym of O. obtusa.
Oreta vatama luculenta Watson, 1967 (north-western India, Kashmir, Pakistan).
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/n250/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/189/mode/1up
Ssp. luculenta told apart for the nominate subspecies in NE India by more strongly convex FW outer margin and weakly or absent marking on the inner margin of the FW. Watson, 1967, pg 189. First record of this species from Himachal Pradesh.
Described in Hampson vol 1, # 753, pg 349 as O. obtusa and description matches well. Shows Oreta vatama as junior synonym of O. obtusa.
Oreta vatama luculenta Watson, 1967 (north-western India, Kashmir, Pakistan).
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/n250/mode/1up
http://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis19entoond#page/189/mode/1up
Ssp. luculenta told apart for the nominate subspecies in NE India by more strongly convex FW outer margin and weakly or absent marking on the inner margin of the FW. Watson, 1967, pg 189. First record of this species from Himachal Pradesh.
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2016
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