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Eudocima cocalus
No full textEudocima cocalus (Cramer, 1777) Material examined. Table 3. Remarks. This species differs from E. hypermnestra in not having black spot on hindwing, the black marginal band with nearly even inner edge and extending to anal angle.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1110, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Hyperlopha cristifera
No full textHyperlopha cristifera (Walker, 1865) Hyperlopha cristifera Walker sensu Holloway 1976: 38. Material examined. Table 3; Figure 39 Remarks. This species resembles Hyperlopha crucifera in general fascia, even though is slightly larger. H. crucifera was described as a new species by Holloway (2005). He differentiated H. cristifera from H. crucifera based on the male genitalia. We have collected only female specimen of H. cristifera. More research is needed for this species.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1117, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Erebus ephesperis
No full textErebus ephesperis (Hübner, [1823]) Nyctipao laetitia Butler 1879: 9. Erebus niasana Swinhoe 1918: 85. Erebus malanga Swinhoe 1918: 86. Material examined. Table 3. Remarks. This species sexes are limited different, both sexes having an equally mottled brown pattern to the wings. However the males tend to be somewhat more intensely variegated with a deep buff distal edging to the medial line.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1113, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Chrysopera combinans
No full textChrysopera combinans (Walker, 1858) Achaea combinans Walker 1857: 1399. Achaea quadrilunata Pagenstecher 1890: 109. Material examined. Table 3; Figure 45 Remarks. This name is original illustration because the species was synonymized with Achaea quadrilunata. The forewing has an apical ferruginous semicircular patch and hind wing having a large bright yellow apical patch.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1117, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Ophiusa trapezium
No full textOphiusa trapezium (Guenée, 1852) Ophisma circumferens Walker 1865: 956. Ophisma cognata Walker 1865: 958. Ophiodes adusta Moore 1882: 169. Ophiusa kebea Bethune-Baker 1906: 255. Ophiusa trapezium Guenée — Kobes, 1985: 35. Material examined. Table 3. Remarks. Forewing fuscous grey irrorated with dark scales. A double prominent straight submarginal line and the area beyond it reddish suffused with purple with a dentate marginal line.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on pages 1115-1116, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Aegilia describens
No full textAegilia describens (Walker, [1858]) Lophoptera xylinata Walker, 1865: 920. Stictoptera anisoptera Snellen, 1880: 88. Stictoptera anca Swinhoe, 1919: 120. Material examined. Table 3; Figure 54. Remarks. This species was recorded by Holloway (2005) on the basis of survey from Borneo. This species is differentiated from other taxa mainly by characters of male and female genitalia. Externally it is similar to A. sundascribens.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1103, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Hypocala rostrata
No full textHypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794) Hyblaea plumicornis Guenée, 1852: 75. Hyblaea efflorescens Guenée, 1852: 77. Hyblaea genuiai Wallengren, 1856: 66. Hyblaea bohemani Wallengren, 1856: 67. Material examined. Table 3. Remarks. This species was superficially similar to H. subsatura. It can be distinguished by head and thorax being paler. Hindwing orange not conjoined to a large spot in end of cell and with marginal orange spot near anal angle.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1112, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Thyas coronata
No full textThyas coronata (Fabricius, 1775) Noctua leonina Fabricius 1775: 596. Noctua ancilla Fabricius 1794: 17. Corycia magica Hübner 1827: 32. Ophiusa coronata Fabricius — Kobes, 1985: 36. Material examined. Table 3. Remarks. This species is transferred to genus Thyas by Holloway (2005). This species can be easily distinguish by its yellow hind wings with two black bands and black tinged yellow abdomen. Forewing is having reniform black or obscure.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1116, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Eudocima aurantia
No full textEudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877) Adris rutilus Moore 1881: 700. Material examined. Table 3; Figure 31 Remarks. It can be identified on the forewing colour as browner with dark striae slight purple brown. Hindwing orange much broad, with a large black lunule beyond lower angle of the forewing’s cell.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1110, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
Hypocala deflorata
No full textHypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1794) Hypocala angulipalpis Guenée 1852: 75. Hypocala moorei Butler 1892: 21. Hypocala australiae Butler 1892: 21. Material examined. Table 3; Figure 3 Remarks. The listing of the name is valid based on Holloway (2005) and Kononenko and Pinratana (2005) classifications. This species differs from Hypocala subsatura based on the head, thorax and forewing paler colour. Hindwing with larger orange area.Published as part of Sivasankaran, Kuppusamy, Anand, Sekar, Mathew, Pratheesh & Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu, 2017, Checklist of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Tamil Nadu, Western Ghats, India, pp. 1101-1120 in Check List 13 (6) on page 1111, DOI: 10.15560/13.6.110
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