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Observation_226631
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Proposed ID: Acygnatha nigripuncta (Hampson, 1907), subfamily Boletobiinae, family Erebidae
References
1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/780/mode/1up (original description by G. Hampson as Catada nigripuncta in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 17, 1906-07; Type locality Ceylon)
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50904134#page/492/mode/1up (erection of a new genus Acygnatha by G. Hampson in the volume 'Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum', 1926)
3. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=281454&page_no=1&page_size=30&snoc=ACYGNATHA&search_type=starts
(NHM card in Lepindex as Acygnatha nigripuncta)
Notes
This photograph I have uploaded is of average quality. For the sake of more precise comparison with the O.D., I'm linking below an observation posted by a user from Idukki district on iNaturalist yesterday. That specimen seems to be freshly eclosed and the hindwings are fully visible with all the features crisper, visible from multiple angles.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142752743 (observation by Seema Merchant, Udumbanchola, Idukki, KL)
References
1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95250#page/780/mode/1up (original description by G. Hampson as Catada nigripuncta in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 17, 1906-07; Type locality Ceylon)
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50904134#page/492/mode/1up (erection of a new genus Acygnatha by G. Hampson in the volume 'Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum', 1926)
3. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=281454&page_no=1&page_size=30&snoc=ACYGNATHA&search_type=starts
(NHM card in Lepindex as Acygnatha nigripuncta)
Notes
This photograph I have uploaded is of average quality. For the sake of more precise comparison with the O.D., I'm linking below an observation posted by a user from Idukki district on iNaturalist yesterday. That specimen seems to be freshly eclosed and the hindwings are fully visible with all the features crisper, visible from multiple angles.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142752743 (observation by Seema Merchant, Udumbanchola, Idukki, KL)
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