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Filodes patruelis
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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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JD : This is a good match for Filodes patruelis. The OD mentions the colour the wings as pale violaceous brown. Besides the colour of the wings & prominent fascia,, Hampson mentions that the abdomen is also more or less suffused with fuscous.
JR: I agree with the identification. It is probably one of the very first modern observations of this species!
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.
https://mhn-online-collections-assets-prd.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/emu/data/oumnh/multimedia/27/331/DI0290.jpg
JD : This is a good match for Filodes patruelis. The OD mentions the colour the wings as pale violaceous brown. Besides the colour of the wings & prominent fascia,, Hampson mentions that the abdomen is also more or less suffused with fuscous.
JR: I agree with the identification. It is probably one of the very first modern observations of this species!
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