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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Hulodini > Speiredonia

Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, [1780])

Speiredonia obscura

Speiredonia obscura
Speiredonia obscura
Speiredonia obscura
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
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Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
All states
Similiar species:
Numerous similar species of Speiredonia; best separated by male genitalia. 
References:
  1. Phalaena Noctua obscura Cramer, 1780. Uitlandsche Kapellen, 3: 146.
  2. Phalaena Noctua zamis Stoll, 1790, Uitlandsche Kapellen, 5: 262.
  3. Ommatophora albifascia Walker, 1865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 947. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/249/mode/1up. Sri Lanka. 
  4. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_3_1.php
  5. MOT Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 16/11 (erroneously mentioned as Pl. 16/10). 
  6. Zilli, A., J. D. Holloway & W. Hogenes, (2005). An overview of the genus Speiredonia with description of seven new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Aldrovandia 1:17-36.
Incorrectly identified as Speiredonia cymosema (Hampson, 1926) on the website. Corrected on 23 April 2021. 

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Anonymous. 2021. Speiredonia obscura (Cramer, [1780]). 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/356838/Speiredonia-obscura
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