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JD : Cryphia spp., possibly Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865) -
male - Diphtera deceptura, https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/614/mode/1up
female - Bryophila postochrea, https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/95/mode/1up
Keys - https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/618/mode/1up
Other Cryphia spp. from S. India -, these appear to have different markings
Cryphia lichenea (Hampson, 1891)
Cryphia nilgiria (Moore, 1881)
Additional references to confirm its Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865) ( although HW is not visible)
GI; Bryophila deceptura. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Vol 7(1908) pg 623#3500.
female - Bryophila postochrea, Image at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n202/mode/1up
Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865: 614)Joshi, Rahul, Raha, Angshuman, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Bhattacharyya, Kamalika & Singh, Navneet, 2025, A catalogue of Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India, Zootaxa 5669 (1), pp. 1-225 : Pg 39
https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CRYPDECE
Its neither C lichenea : Bryophila lichenea Hampson, 1891; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 72, pl. 144, f. 12; TL: Nilgiris ( 12 seems to be missing) See Image on iNaturalist from the old document: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/970760-Cryphia-lichenea
C nilgiria: Bryophila nilgiria; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 620, pl. 122, f. 10 - https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n309/mode/2up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/660088-Cryphia-deceptura/browse_photos
male - Diphtera deceptura, https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/614/mode/1up
female - Bryophila postochrea, https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/95/mode/1up
Keys - https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/618/mode/1up
Other Cryphia spp. from S. India -, these appear to have different markings
Cryphia lichenea (Hampson, 1891)
Cryphia nilgiria (Moore, 1881)
Additional references to confirm its Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865) ( although HW is not visible)
GI; Bryophila deceptura. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Vol 7(1908) pg 623#3500.
female - Bryophila postochrea, Image at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n202/mode/1up
Cryphia deceptura (Walker, 1865: 614)Joshi, Rahul, Raha, Angshuman, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Bhattacharyya, Kamalika & Singh, Navneet, 2025, A catalogue of Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India, Zootaxa 5669 (1), pp. 1-225 : Pg 39
https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CRYPDECE
Its neither C lichenea : Bryophila lichenea Hampson, 1891; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 72, pl. 144, f. 12; TL: Nilgiris ( 12 seems to be missing) See Image on iNaturalist from the old document: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/970760-Cryphia-lichenea
C nilgiria: Bryophila nilgiria; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 620, pl. 122, f. 10 - https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n309/mode/2up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/660088-Cryphia-deceptura/browse_photos
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