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Deuterocopus ritsemae
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Deuterocopus ritsemae Walsingham, 1884
1) OD : Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol 6 pg 243 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37327#page/257/mode/1up
2) Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Vol 58, On the genus Deuterocopus, Zeller, pg 134 & Pl XIV figs 11 & 12 (has keys on pg 112) - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14720329#page/494/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14720329#page/502/mode/1up
3) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, Diakonoff (has keys on differences with planeta based on FW clefts)- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210263#page/16/mode/1up
4) Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, pp. 201-236 in Zootaxa 4915 (2) on page 225 - https://zenodo.org/record/4454316#.Y438KH3P33g
5) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517004-Deuterocopus-ritsemae
6) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Deuterocopus_ritsemae_specimen.jpg
Similar spp - Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1908 – is paler, & has fewer & smaller silver patches. FW 2nd cleft is longer & around 2/3rd of the 1st cleft length. See comments here - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4283398
Other Deuterocopus spp. from Indian region –
Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911
Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1909
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
GI: Although there are some conflicting description for the colour the clear silvery patch on thorax and those on abdomen determine this to be D ritsemae. Agree with ID
JR: Agree with the ID.
1) OD : Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol 6 pg 243 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37327#page/257/mode/1up
2) Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Vol 58, On the genus Deuterocopus, Zeller, pg 134 & Pl XIV figs 11 & 12 (has keys on pg 112) - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14720329#page/494/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14720329#page/502/mode/1up
3) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, Diakonoff (has keys on differences with planeta based on FW clefts)- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210263#page/16/mode/1up
4) Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, pp. 201-236 in Zootaxa 4915 (2) on page 225 - https://zenodo.org/record/4454316#.Y438KH3P33g
5) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517004-Deuterocopus-ritsemae
6) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Deuterocopus_ritsemae_specimen.jpg
Similar spp - Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1908 – is paler, & has fewer & smaller silver patches. FW 2nd cleft is longer & around 2/3rd of the 1st cleft length. See comments here - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4283398
Other Deuterocopus spp. from Indian region –
Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911
Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1909
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
GI: Although there are some conflicting description for the colour the clear silvery patch on thorax and those on abdomen determine this to be D ritsemae. Agree with ID
JR: Agree with the ID.
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