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Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882), male, antenna is bipectinate
OD : Ilexa transversa - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/192/mode/1up with image on https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/335/mode/1up
Compared to U. decisa, this is more ochreous, & the oblique band is broader.
See observation 240430, which may be the female
SS: Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882), prov. ID.
Joshi et al 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) list Ugia insuspecta Galsworthy, 1997 and Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882) from India. Ugia transversa; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 185 (note). States that Ugia insuspecta Galsworthy, 1997 is likely to be a synonym. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319109-Ugia-insuspecta is listed on iNat. Some images match; others don't.
Ugia Walker, 1858 species known from India.
Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand.
Ugia decisa (Walker, 1865). N. India.
Ilexa transversa Moore, 1882. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, pg. 174, pl. 6, f. 15. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/192/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/335/mode/1up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319109-Ugia-insuspecta
Dierna transversa; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 30-31.
Ugia decisa (Walker, 1865). N. India.
Iluza decisa Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1007; TL: North Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1007/mode/1up?view=theater
Thermesia simplex Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1063; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1063/mode/1up?view=theater
Dierna decisa; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 30.
Iluza duplexa; Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, pg. 174, pl. 6, f. 7. TL: Darjeeling. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/192/mode/1up.
Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/335/mode/1up
OD : Ilexa transversa - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/192/mode/1up with image on https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/335/mode/1up
Compared to U. decisa, this is more ochreous, & the oblique band is broader.
See observation 240430, which may be the female
SS: Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882), prov. ID.
Joshi et al 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) list Ugia insuspecta Galsworthy, 1997 and Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882) from India. Ugia transversa; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 185 (note). States that Ugia insuspecta Galsworthy, 1997 is likely to be a synonym. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319109-Ugia-insuspecta is listed on iNat. Some images match; others don't.
Ugia Walker, 1858 species known from India.
Ugia transversa (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand.
Ugia decisa (Walker, 1865). N. India.
Ilexa transversa Moore, 1882. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, pg. 174, pl. 6, f. 15. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/192/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/335/mode/1up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319109-Ugia-insuspecta
Dierna transversa; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 30-31.
Ugia decisa (Walker, 1865). N. India.
Iluza decisa Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1007; TL: North Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1007/mode/1up?view=theater
Thermesia simplex Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1063; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1063/mode/1up?view=theater
Dierna decisa; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 30.
Iluza duplexa; Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, pg. 174, pl. 6, f. 7. TL: Darjeeling. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/192/mode/1up.
Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/335/mode/1up