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Female. Male is white, female pink. Matches the description perfectly.
Ref: Moths of Borneo, Part 5, pl 2. Hampson, Vol 1, pg 465.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/lymantriini/lymantriini_1_2.php
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/01_LYMANTRIINAE/01_Lymantria/Lymantria%20lepcha/Lymantria%20lepcha.htm
MON pl 106/11.
Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7. Pg. 36. Fig. 12, 138-140; 144, 244.
Above paper states that Lymantria lepcha is a subspecies of Lymantria brotea as Lymantria brotea lepcha. However, Funet and Lepindex list both brotea and lepcha as valid species.
Male OD: Porthetria lepcha Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 54; TL: Sikkim at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/54/mode/1up.
Female OD: Barhona carneola Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 56 at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/56/mode/1up
Ref: Moths of Borneo, Part 5, pl 2. Hampson, Vol 1, pg 465.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/lymantriini/lymantriini_1_2.php
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/01_LYMANTRIINAE/01_Lymantria/Lymantria%20lepcha/Lymantria%20lepcha.htm
MON pl 106/11.
Schintlmeister, A. 2004. The Taxonomy of the genus Lymantria HÜBNER [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). 1- 248. Quadrifina 7. Pg. 36. Fig. 12, 138-140; 144, 244.
Above paper states that Lymantria lepcha is a subspecies of Lymantria brotea as Lymantria brotea lepcha. However, Funet and Lepindex list both brotea and lepcha as valid species.
Male OD: Porthetria lepcha Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 54; TL: Sikkim at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/54/mode/1up.
Female OD: Barhona carneola Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 56 at http://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/56/mode/1up
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