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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Notodontidae > Phalerinae > Phalera

Phalera grotei Moore, 1859

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Separated from P. raya/goniophora by the lack of a prominent blackish tornal spot on the forewing. Phalera sundana is an extralimital species. 

As per MOB Diagnosis. This species (Phalera grotei) is easily confused with the next, sundana Holloway, but has narrower forewings that are a more uniform and leaden grey colour and lack the pale area with black submarginal dots at the tornus. In the male genitalia the uncus is more slender than the gnathal processes rather than broader. Other characters are given by Holloway (1982a).

Phalera Hübner, 1819 species known from India and Nepal. 
Phalera birmicola Bryk, 1949 
Phalera combusta (Walker, 1855) 
Phalera goniophora Hampson, 1910 
Phalera grotei Moore, 1860 
Phalera javana javana Moore, 1859 
Phalera parivala Moore, 1860 
Phalera procera (Felder & Felder, 1874) 
Phalera raya Moore, 1860 
Phalera sangana Moore, 1860 
Phalera torpida torpida Walker, 1865

References:
  1. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo pl 95/4.
  2. Holloway, J. D. 1983. The Moths of Borneo. Part 4. Notodontidae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/phalera/notodontidae_14_3.php [accessed 01 Sep 2016]
  3. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/01_NOTODONTIDAE/08_Phalerinae/04_Phalera/Phalera%20grotei/Phalera%20grotei.htm [accessed 01 Sep 2016]
  4. Schintlmeister, A. & A. Pinratana. 2006. Moths of Thailand, Volume 5: Notodontidae, pg 230, pl 37/no 261.
  5. OD: Phalera grotei Moore, 1859, in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lepid. Insects in Mus. Hon. E. India Co 2: 434.

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Anonymous. 2021. Phalera grotei Moore, 1859. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355751/Phalera-grotei
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