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SS: Could be Aergina hilaris or Aergina retracta (TL: Sri Lanka). Neither of them have the rectangular protrusion into the medial green band. The green band is narrower than typical hilaris. Possibly best left at Aergina spp.
SS: Aergina mirza (Swinhoe, 1890)
Parasa mirza Swinhoe, 1890, Transactions of the entomological Society of London: 192, pl. 6: fig. 14. Type locality: “Thyetmyo” [Myanmar]. Holotype: female (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14678751#page/228/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14678759#page/815/mode/1up
Parasa mirza;in Seitz, Macro Lep. World Vol. 10: 695, Pl. 86l.
Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
The species (A. hilaris) is somewhat similar to A. mirza, but in A. hilaris the forewing green area is broader. This species (Aergina mirza) is characterized externally by a narrow medial green area in the forewings, which is similar to A. retracta, but this area is slightly wider in A. mirza.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1291985-Aergina-mirza
Similar species: Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865)
Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865)
Parasa retracta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 483; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/483/mode/1up?view=theater
Parasa chlorozonata Hampson, 1896, Fauna of the British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths 4: 485. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: male (BMNH).
Parasa angustivittata Hering, 1931, in Seitz, Macro Lep. World Vol. 10: 695, Pl. 86l. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: male (ZMHB).
Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
Diagnosis (Solovyev 2014): The forewing length is 9–10 mm in males and about 13 mm in females. This species is distinguished from its congeners by a narrow, sinusoid medial green area in the forewings; this area has a very narrow neck medially, and may be reduced near the costa. Externally it may be confused with A. mirza, but the green area in the forewings of A. retracta is narrower.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1291982-Aergina-retracta
Aergina hilaris (Westwood, 1848) has much broader green medial area.
UK: Agree with Aergina mirza
SS: Aergina mirza (Swinhoe, 1890)
Parasa mirza Swinhoe, 1890, Transactions of the entomological Society of London: 192, pl. 6: fig. 14. Type locality: “Thyetmyo” [Myanmar]. Holotype: female (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14678751#page/228/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14678759#page/815/mode/1up
Parasa mirza;in Seitz, Macro Lep. World Vol. 10: 695, Pl. 86l.
Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
The species (A. hilaris) is somewhat similar to A. mirza, but in A. hilaris the forewing green area is broader. This species (Aergina mirza) is characterized externally by a narrow medial green area in the forewings, which is similar to A. retracta, but this area is slightly wider in A. mirza.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1291985-Aergina-mirza
Similar species: Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865)
Aergina retracta (Walker, 1865)
Parasa retracta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 483; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/483/mode/1up?view=theater
Parasa chlorozonata Hampson, 1896, Fauna of the British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths 4: 485. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: male (BMNH).
Parasa angustivittata Hering, 1931, in Seitz, Macro Lep. World Vol. 10: 695, Pl. 86l. TL: “Ceylon”. Holotype: male (ZMHB).
Solovyev, A.V. (2014) Parasa Moore Auct: Phylogenetic review of the complex from the Palaearctic and Indomalayan regions (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). In: Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich. Akademischer Verlag München, München, 240 pp.
Diagnosis (Solovyev 2014): The forewing length is 9–10 mm in males and about 13 mm in females. This species is distinguished from its congeners by a narrow, sinusoid medial green area in the forewings; this area has a very narrow neck medially, and may be reduced near the costa. Externally it may be confused with A. mirza, but the green area in the forewings of A. retracta is narrower.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1291982-Aergina-retracta
Aergina hilaris (Westwood, 1848) has much broader green medial area.
UK: Agree with Aergina mirza
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