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krushnamegh@ifoundbutterflies.org
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Plantation with few interspersed forest patches.
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> Walker, 1858, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum- Part XVI- Page 749. Given as Ebulea europsalis; description matches fairly well and TL is N. India. According to Globiz pyraloidea database, this is a junior synonym of H. miniosalis.
> OD: in French- https://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell08bois#page/362/mode/1up
> For synonyms--- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=23602&&snoc=miniosalis&search_type=starts&sort=snoc&indexed_from=1&page_no=1&page_size=30&path=search
> 3 species in India- H. illectalis, miniosalis and aequalis. H. aequalis looks quite different but illectalis is similar. Can be separated based on the prominent white cilia and the strong pink color which is missing in almost all specimen images I found.
> Pale form and dark form exists for this species. My image is of the dark form- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyru/miniosalis.html
> Checked distribution and small description here- http://pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?miniosalis&fbclid=IwAR1DbgdGOQBMz8wmAkY-ZKw5NPJLSp6QFLZlIJEkaEBUU6TmShz5mpN7y2k
> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=368820
> https://www.gbif.org/species/1885630
> OD: in French- https://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell08bois#page/362/mode/1up
> For synonyms--- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=23602&&snoc=miniosalis&search_type=starts&sort=snoc&indexed_from=1&page_no=1&page_size=30&path=search
> 3 species in India- H. illectalis, miniosalis and aequalis. H. aequalis looks quite different but illectalis is similar. Can be separated based on the prominent white cilia and the strong pink color which is missing in almost all specimen images I found.
> Pale form and dark form exists for this species. My image is of the dark form- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyru/miniosalis.html
> Checked distribution and small description here- http://pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?miniosalis&fbclid=IwAR1DbgdGOQBMz8wmAkY-ZKw5NPJLSp6QFLZlIJEkaEBUU6TmShz5mpN7y2k
> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=368820
> https://www.gbif.org/species/1885630
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Month
July
Year
2019
Day
28
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