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Filodes patruelis Moore, 1888
Filodes patruelis Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, Pg. 218. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/236/mode/1up
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 297, as a form of fulvidorsalis. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40410564#page/329/mode/1up

Hampson (FBI, vol 4) and Lepindex lists mirificalis and patruelis as synonyms of fulvidorsalis.
Snellen, C. T. & H. J. Elwes, 1890. XVIII. A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller. Trans Ent. Soc. Lond. Pg. 602. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14679161#page/637/mode/1up. States that both mirificalis and patruelis are forms.
Globiz Pyrloidaea data lists as separate species.
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This individual from Mouling is much darker, and may be Filodes mirificalis (Lederer, 1863), though this is known from Nicobar's Is. Images in OUMNH collection.
Auxomitia mirificalis Lederer, 1863. Wien. Ent. Mon. pg. 391, pl. 13, F1. TL: Nicobar Is.
Hampson (FBI, vol 4) and Lepindex lists mirificalis and patruelis as synonyms of fulvidorsalis.
Snellen, C. T. & H. J. Elwes, 1890. XVIII. A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller. Trans Ent. Soc. Lond. Pg. 602. Text at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14679161#page/637/mode/1up. States that both mirificalis and patruelis are forms.
Globiz Pyrloidaea data lists as separate species.
https://mhn-online-collections-assets-prd.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/emu/data/oumnh/multimedia/27/331/DI0290.jpg