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Salassa mesosa mesosa Jordan, 1910
Salassa mesosa Jordan, 1910. Novit. Zool. 17 (3):470. TL. Khasia Hills [Meghalaya, India]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3108509#page/494/mode/1up
Peigler, R.S., 2013. Saturniidae Mundi: Saturniid Moths of the World, Part II. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 67(3), pp.182. Pl. 114.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/624968-Salassa-mesosa
https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=177784
No records on iNat from Meghalaya. Record on Bold Systems for mesosa is not a good
The only known Salassa from Meghalaya. Description is a good match; the only discrepancy is the orange band is present on the HW, beyond the ocellus. This is present in the male as well, which I am uploading separately.
Salassa mesosa Jordan, 1910. Novit. Zool. 17 (3):470. TL. Khasia Hills [Meghalaya, India]. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3108509#page/494/mode/1up
Peigler, R.S., 2013. Saturniidae Mundi: Saturniid Moths of the World, Part II. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 67(3), pp.182. Pl. 114.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/624968-Salassa-mesosa
https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=177784
No records on iNat from Meghalaya. Record on Bold Systems for mesosa is not a good
The only known Salassa from Meghalaya. Description is a good match; the only discrepancy is the orange band is present on the HW, beyond the ocellus. This is present in the male as well, which I am uploading separately.