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Selepa discigera
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Selepa discigera (Walker, [1863])
Gadirtha? discigera Walker, 1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 163. TL: Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8581016#page/173/mode/1up
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 370, # 2201 as Plotheia strigifera.
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=280797
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207635-Selepa-discigera
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/unassigned/unassigned_4_5.php
Diagnosis (MOB). This species, Selepa discigera, has rather blackish forewings, the postmedial loop being relatively distal and evenly curved. There is a black longitudinal streak subdorsally that is often edged white.
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 11. Pg. 396. Pl. 31d. Lists strigifera as its synonym.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 243. Pl. 33/21.
YS: Agree with ID, It seems like it is a pest species and has early stages on iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207635-Selepa-discigera/browse_photos
Gadirtha? discigera Walker, 1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 163. TL: Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8581016#page/173/mode/1up
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 370, # 2201 as Plotheia strigifera.
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=280797
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207635-Selepa-discigera
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/unassigned/unassigned_4_5.php
Diagnosis (MOB). This species, Selepa discigera, has rather blackish forewings, the postmedial loop being relatively distal and evenly curved. There is a black longitudinal streak subdorsally that is often edged white.
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 11. Pg. 396. Pl. 31d. Lists strigifera as its synonym.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, pg. 243. Pl. 33/21.
YS: Agree with ID, It seems like it is a pest species and has early stages on iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207635-Selepa-discigera/browse_photos
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