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SS: Agrotera basinotata, provisional ID.
Separating basinotata and discinotata (based on OD, Hampson, Pyralids of Borneo and Bold Systems images (some of which are definitely incorrectly identified).
Agrotera basinotata: head is rufous; abdomen purplish-fuscous at extremity. Forewing purplish-fuscous; hindwing purplish fuscous, yellow at base. Dist: Punjab; Bombay, Nilgiris, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, India (Kerala, Assam, Meghalaya), Burma vide Pyralids of Borneo.
Agrotera discinotata: Forewing grey, rather than purplish-fuscous. hindwing entirely pale grey; no purple fuscous. Prominent dark-edged rufous discocelluar lunule with orange line on it and diffused dark marks beyond it between veins 5 and 2. Dist: Bhutan, Khasis.
Effectively, hindwing color is distinctive for discinotata and S. India populations are likely to be all basinotata.
Separating basinotata and discinotata (based on OD, Hampson, Pyralids of Borneo and Bold Systems images (some of which are definitely incorrectly identified).
Agrotera basinotata: head is rufous; abdomen purplish-fuscous at extremity. Forewing purplish-fuscous; hindwing purplish fuscous, yellow at base. Dist: Punjab; Bombay, Nilgiris, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, India (Kerala, Assam, Meghalaya), Burma vide Pyralids of Borneo.
Agrotera discinotata: Forewing grey, rather than purplish-fuscous. hindwing entirely pale grey; no purple fuscous. Prominent dark-edged rufous discocelluar lunule with orange line on it and diffused dark marks beyond it between veins 5 and 2. Dist: Bhutan, Khasis.
Effectively, hindwing color is distinctive for discinotata and S. India populations are likely to be all basinotata.
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Butterfly
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September
Year
2025
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2
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