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BOSARA EMARGINARIA ? -
GI: External features do not match completely. Tribe Eupethicini or Cidariini. Needs further investigation
JD : looks like a Bosara spp., not sure about emarginaria
SS: Bosara emarginaria (Hampson, 1893)
Eupithecia emarginaria Hampson, 1893, Illustr. typical Specimens Lep. Hist. Colln Br. Mus., 9:152., Pl. 171/14. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/164/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180014#page/223/mode/1up
Bosara emarginaria: Holloway, 1997: 157, fig. 480, pl. 7: 38.
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Pl. 40 A.
Gullaca exilis Bastelberger, 1905, Ent. Zeit. Guben., 19: 5. NE Himalaya.
Inoue, H. 2002. Notes on the tribe Eupitheciini (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, with descriptions of ten new species. Tinea, 17(2), pp.92-112. Fig. 20.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199660-Bosara-emarginaria
Superficially looks like emarginaria, but no band on abdomen, color is greenish; OD says pale reddish brown. Will stick to Eupitheciini-genera spp.
GI: External features do not match completely. Tribe Eupethicini or Cidariini. Needs further investigation
JD : looks like a Bosara spp., not sure about emarginaria
SS: Bosara emarginaria (Hampson, 1893)
Eupithecia emarginaria Hampson, 1893, Illustr. typical Specimens Lep. Hist. Colln Br. Mus., 9:152., Pl. 171/14. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/164/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180014#page/223/mode/1up
Bosara emarginaria: Holloway, 1997: 157, fig. 480, pl. 7: 38.
Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Pl. 40 A.
Gullaca exilis Bastelberger, 1905, Ent. Zeit. Guben., 19: 5. NE Himalaya.
Inoue, H. 2002. Notes on the tribe Eupitheciini (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, with descriptions of ten new species. Tinea, 17(2), pp.92-112. Fig. 20.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199660-Bosara-emarginaria
Superficially looks like emarginaria, but no band on abdomen, color is greenish; OD says pale reddish brown. Will stick to Eupitheciini-genera spp.
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Butterfly
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January
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2026
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