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SS: Loxostege violaceotincta (Caradja, 1939)
Sylepta violaceotincta Caradja, 1939. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, Vol. 53, 1939. TL: Type locality Mount Kufri, Shimla. OD not accessible.
Sylepta violaceotincta Caradja, 1939
https://clasate.cimec.ro/Detaliu.asp?tit=sylepta-violaceotincta--Sylepta-violaceotincta-Caradja-1939&k=100c132ebc5146dab66c79fbcda64228
Singh, N. , R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. Pg. 215. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
Specimens in Bucharest, Romania. At Grigore Antipa Natural History National Museum. A very good match.
http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/ and Singh et al, 2022 list this as Loxostege violaceotincta (Caradja, 1939).
Identified by po-po-pro who believes that should not be placed in Loxostege. Lepindex places this in Tetridia.
Quite a few records across the Himalayas.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275334179 (Bon Pradhan 1)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275334178 (Bon Pradhan 2)
GI: Same as remarks in obs 291642. Not accepting ID for the present
JR: Agree with the species ID, and the generic placement should follow Loxostege for now.
Sylepta violaceotincta Caradja, 1939. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, Vol. 53, 1939. TL: Type locality Mount Kufri, Shimla. OD not accessible.
Sylepta violaceotincta Caradja, 1939
https://clasate.cimec.ro/Detaliu.asp?tit=sylepta-violaceotincta--Sylepta-violaceotincta-Caradja-1939&k=100c132ebc5146dab66c79fbcda64228
Singh, N. , R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. Pg. 215. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
Specimens in Bucharest, Romania. At Grigore Antipa Natural History National Museum. A very good match.
http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/ and Singh et al, 2022 list this as Loxostege violaceotincta (Caradja, 1939).
Identified by po-po-pro who believes that should not be placed in Loxostege. Lepindex places this in Tetridia.
Quite a few records across the Himalayas.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275334179 (Bon Pradhan 1)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/275334178 (Bon Pradhan 2)
GI: Same as remarks in obs 291642. Not accepting ID for the present
JR: Agree with the species ID, and the generic placement should follow Loxostege for now.
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