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OD : Bombyx nitidula , Mantissa Insectorum 2: pg 126 ;
Other references - 1) FBI. Moths of India, Vol 2, Hampson - pg 312 #2022 as Tarache catena (= elegans);
2) The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Seitz, Vol 11, pg 305 as Tarache nitidula (= T . catena), Plate 27f - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/559/mode/1up ;
3) MON, Vol 3, Pl 87/1 ;
4) Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World), pg 45, considers A. nitidula as part of the catena species group - http://esperiana.net/mediapool/86/862516/data/Esperiana_Band_14_7-49.pdf ;
5) https://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/2417.php - origin of the name Brixton Beauty - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210012#page/73/mode/1up ;
As catena was described from Brixton, hence it should be a junior synonym of nitidula
OD : Bombyx nitidula , Mantissa Insectorum 2: pg 126 ;
Other references - 1) FBI. Moths of India, Vol 2, Hampson - pg 312 #2022 as Tarache catena (= elegans);
2) The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Seitz, Vol 11, pg 305 as Tarache nitidula (= T . catena), Plate 27f - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/559/mode/1up ;
3) MON, Vol 3, Pl 87/1 ;
4) Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World), pg 45, considers A. nitidula as part of the catena species group - http://esperiana.net/mediapool/86/862516/data/Esperiana_Band_14_7-49.pdf ;
5) https://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/2417.php - origin of the name Brixton Beauty - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210012#page/73/mode/1up ;
As catena was described from Brixton, hence it should be a junior synonym of nitidula
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