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Menophra subterminalis
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Menophra subterminalis (Prout, 1925)
1) OD : Hemerophila subterminalis, Novit. zool. 32: 56.
2) Ephemerophila subterminalis, https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_10_1.php
3) Ephemerophila subterminalis, Moths of Nepal part 3 , Pl 75/22
4) https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=92158
RPS: Agree with ID.
SS: Agree with ID. Additional reference. In this individual, crenate FW/HW hardly visible. Uploading another image.
Moths of Laos, Vol. 25, Pg. 60, pl. 18/6.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/787904-Menophra-subterminalis
Similar species:
Menophra humeraria (Moore, [1868])
Hemerophila humeraria Moore, [1868]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 627; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/627/mode/1up?view=theater
Inoue, H. 1990. Notes on Menophra species (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from East Asia, with descriptions of two new genera, two new species and one new subspecies, Tinea, Vol. 12, Part 2, 5-18.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/735854-Menophra-humeraria
Separating subterminalis and humeraria vide OD. Smaller size of subterminalis (36-40 mm) versus humeraria (54 mm). In subterminalis, forewing with termen less crenulate, less oblique posteriorly. tone a little less reddish brown; median line stronger; subterminal rather more discernible on the dark subtornal cloud. Hindwing with termen less deeply dentate, especially at the medians: subterminal area more marked, the brown line which succeeds the postmedian being followed by a pale line, this again by a narrow blackish shade which bounds the subterminal proximally; the subterminal itself fine, defined distally by a brown line.
1) OD : Hemerophila subterminalis, Novit. zool. 32: 56.
2) Ephemerophila subterminalis, https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_10_1.php
3) Ephemerophila subterminalis, Moths of Nepal part 3 , Pl 75/22
4) https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=92158
RPS: Agree with ID.
SS: Agree with ID. Additional reference. In this individual, crenate FW/HW hardly visible. Uploading another image.
Moths of Laos, Vol. 25, Pg. 60, pl. 18/6.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/787904-Menophra-subterminalis
Similar species:
Menophra humeraria (Moore, [1868])
Hemerophila humeraria Moore, [1868]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 627; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/627/mode/1up?view=theater
Inoue, H. 1990. Notes on Menophra species (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from East Asia, with descriptions of two new genera, two new species and one new subspecies, Tinea, Vol. 12, Part 2, 5-18.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/735854-Menophra-humeraria
Separating subterminalis and humeraria vide OD. Smaller size of subterminalis (36-40 mm) versus humeraria (54 mm). In subterminalis, forewing with termen less crenulate, less oblique posteriorly. tone a little less reddish brown; median line stronger; subterminal rather more discernible on the dark subtornal cloud. Hindwing with termen less deeply dentate, especially at the medians: subterminal area more marked, the brown line which succeeds the postmedian being followed by a pale line, this again by a narrow blackish shade which bounds the subterminal proximally; the subterminal itself fine, defined distally by a brown line.
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