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Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Larentiinae > Asthenini > Acolutha

Acolutha pictaria (Moore, 1888)

Acolutha pictaria

Acolutha pictaria
Acolutha pictaria
Acolutha pictaria
Acolutha pictaria
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Similiar species:
Acolutha Warren, 1894 species known from India. 
Acolutha pulchella (Hampson, 1891) (Hyria). India: Nilgiris (TL). 
Acolutha pictaria (Moore, 1888) (Emmelesia). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL). 
Acolutha bicristipennis Prout, 1931. India: South Andamans.
Acolutha flavipictaria Prout, 1922.India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
 
References:
  1. OD: Emmelesia pictaria Moore, 1888. Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln. Atkinson, p. 267.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae, pg 420, # 3845 as Cambogia pictaria. 
  3. Acolutha imbecilla Warren, 1905. Novit. zool., 12: 426.
  4. Holloway, J. D. 1997. The Moths of Borneo. Part 10. Geometridae: Sterrhinae, Larentiinae, Addenda to other Subfamilies. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/papuarisme/papuarisme_4_1.php [accessed 25 August 2016]

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Anonymous. 2022. Acolutha pictaria (Moore, 1888). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355726/Acolutha-pictaria
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