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Hypena obstupidalis Swinhoe, 1885
1) OD : Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1885 pg 471 - https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/471/mode/1up
& Pl 28 fig 7 - https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/n533/mode/1up
2) Hypena tristis, Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum, pt 8, pg 96 & Pl 148 fig 14 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/106/mode/1up
This is mentioned as a darker form.
3) FBI, Moths of India, Hampson, Vol 3 pg 87, #2964
FW brownish grey, lines partly dentate & sinuous, inwardly margined with brown; post-medial erect & slightly excurved around cell ; marginal line whitish ; marginal points lunular, black, marked on the inside with whitish
Other similar spp. from the Indian region –
Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854 (=Hypena ignotalis Walker, [1859])– N. India, FW has a prominent apical streak with two black specks - https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/02HYPABY?tab=photos
Hypena extensa Walker, [1866] – NE India, FW bright red brown, apical streak pale rufous
Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena olivacea Hampson, 1891)– S. India, FW olive-brown suffused with grey, Fig 19 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/173/mode/1up
Hypena uniformis Hampson, 1891 – S. India, FW ante-medial line indistinct, HW dark fuscous. Fig 7 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/173/mode/1up
Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893 – Sri Lanka, FW dark reddish brown, antemedial rufous & more distinct, post-medial not curved but very slightly sinuous & slightly oblique pg 120 & Fig 18, 19 –
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/132/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180014#page/213/mode/1up
SS: Closest to Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena olivacea Hampson, 1891), but I agree it is very good match to the OD. Agree with ID.
1) OD : Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1885 pg 471 - https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/471/mode/1up
& Pl 28 fig 7 - https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen85zool/page/n533/mode/1up
2) Hypena tristis, Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the British Museum, pt 8, pg 96 & Pl 148 fig 14 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/106/mode/1up
This is mentioned as a darker form.
3) FBI, Moths of India, Hampson, Vol 3 pg 87, #2964
FW brownish grey, lines partly dentate & sinuous, inwardly margined with brown; post-medial erect & slightly excurved around cell ; marginal line whitish ; marginal points lunular, black, marked on the inside with whitish
Other similar spp. from the Indian region –
Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854 (=Hypena ignotalis Walker, [1859])– N. India, FW has a prominent apical streak with two black specks - https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/02HYPABY?tab=photos
Hypena extensa Walker, [1866] – NE India, FW bright red brown, apical streak pale rufous
Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena olivacea Hampson, 1891)– S. India, FW olive-brown suffused with grey, Fig 19 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/173/mode/1up
Hypena uniformis Hampson, 1891 – S. India, FW ante-medial line indistinct, HW dark fuscous. Fig 7 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/173/mode/1up
Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893 – Sri Lanka, FW dark reddish brown, antemedial rufous & more distinct, post-medial not curved but very slightly sinuous & slightly oblique pg 120 & Fig 18, 19 –
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/132/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180014#page/213/mode/1up
SS: Closest to Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena olivacea Hampson, 1891), but I agree it is very good match to the OD. Agree with ID.