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Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893

Fascellina inornata

Fascellina inornata
Fascellina inornata
Fascellina inornata
Fascellina inornata
Fascellina inornata
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Other Fascellina species; identification supported by underside markings. 

Fascellina inconspicua is a similar extralimital species. Underside is quite different. Kirti et al 2019, pg. 21 showing Fascellina inconspicua is probably an incorrect ID, and this is F. inornata.

Fascellina inconspicua Warren, 1894. Novit. Zool. , 1: 446. TL: Padang. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi01lond#page/446/mode/1up
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_12_2.php

List of Fascellina known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Fascellina chromataria Walker, 1860. India: Sikkim, Assam, Nilgiris, Andaman.
Fascellina dacoda Swinhoe, 1893, India: Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya.
Fascellina hypochryseis Swinhoe, 1894.
Fascellina inconspicua Warrenm 1894. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Fascellina plagiata (Walker, 1866). India.
Fascellina porphyreofusa Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Fascellina punctata Warrren, 1898. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Fascellina rectimarginata Warren, 1894. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Fascellina subsignata Warrren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Fascellina vinosa (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.

References:
  1. Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2): 399. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97156#page/507/mode/1up. TL: Sikkim. 
  2. Cui, L., Zhang, C., Lin, S., & Han, H. (2014). Review of Fascellina Walker (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from China, with three newly recorded species. Entomotaxonomia, 36(2), 105-118. Fig. 9-12 for Fascellina inornata.
 

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Anonymous. 2022. Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893. 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/357512/Fascellina-inornata
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