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    More archive mothing, starting with the Crambids once again.

    65) Parapoynx villidalis ?


    66) Voliba sp ?


    67) Unknown


    And more Geos

    68) Maxates coelataria


    69) Maxates/Hemithea sp ?


    70) Ornithospila sp ?


    71) Hyposidra infixaria ?
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    Erebids again.

    On a side note, I was wondering, under what circumstances would one decide to use aff. or cf. ?
    For the longest time I've been using cf. when I have two materials to compare with , whilst I use aff. when there's only a single piece of material that matches closely. Is aff. a term used strictly by authoritarians, or is it also available for laymen's utilisation?

    72) Unknown


    73) Lutzugia trigonalis
    An extension for this species I'm presuming


    74) Avatha complens ?


    75-77) Ercheia spp
    >75 & 76 I'm pretty sure are E. cyllaria
    >77 has me swaying towards E. multilinea; rosy fawn and cream reniforms
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    The terms aff. & cf. can be used by anybody although they are mostly used by taxonomists.

    aff. ie affinis or affinity means closely related to.
    eg. If you put a aff. x. IT means it is similar to ax, likely belongs to the same species group , but it is not sp x as far as you know.

    cf. ie conferre or confer means to compare.
    If you put a cf. x, it means it is very similar to ax with some minor differences & could be the same species, x.


    65. Parapoynx villidalis is right.
    http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.co...illidalis.html

    66. Tatobotys cf. biannularis.
    http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.co...annulalis.html
    http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyra...iannulalis.jpg
    https://nature.berkeley.edu/~oboyski...iannulalis.jpg

    67 unknown.

    68. Maxates coelataria is right.


    I have no image of Voliba spp.
    The description say whitish irrorated with brown & restricted to the Papuan region.


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    69 Uncertain. Likely Jodis sp.
    The medial band is broad such that the very irregular postmedial line is set near the outer margin. This is seen in several Jodis.
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/898994
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/421892
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/665772

    70. Albinospila cf. floresaria
    The description matched it well.
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/...trini_41_1.php
    This example from Australia is paler.
    http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.co...loresaria.html

    70. Hyposidra infixaria is right ; variable.
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11...rmiini_7_8.php
    https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/...8c3e2430_b.jpg
    https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8645/1...3b15b6d8_b.jpg

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    Default ID Correction.

    31 is not Alex palparia but of a different genus.
    The postmedial is set too far out to be Alex.


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    72 Unknown.

    73, Lutzugia trigonalis is right. Single species.
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15...eousii_3_1.php
    http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/LNAUV...1485809162.JPG


    73. Avatha complens is right.
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15...rodes_2_14.php



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    75, 76 as you say Ercheia cyllaria Dark narrow reniform ;HW subtornal white spots, inner one larger than outer one.

    76. as stated, E. multilinea.


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    69 Review.


    This is very close to this ID'ed as Maxates variegata.. which is a Bornean endemic. (stated as similar to M. melancholica)
    If this below is correctly IDed than 69 is probably Maxates melancholica, which is found in Malaya.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/mothlady/6208133075
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/...rini_42_15.php

    The colour of 69 is also appropriately dark & melamcholic.
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/...rini_42_11.php

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    Thanks for the elucidation on the terms

    Quote Originally Posted by Psyche View Post
    I have no image of Voliba spp.
    The description say whitish irrorated with brown & restricted to the Papuan region.
    According to Kendrick, R.C's paper on Hong Kong's lepido-fauna in 2002, Tatobotys is a junior synonym of Voliba, first established by Walker,1866 and was later revised by Butler, 1880.


    More Geos

    72) Traminda aventiara ?


    73) Derambila lumenaria ?
    MoB describes this species to be distinguished from its congeners (Bornean representatives at least) by the ''prominent black dots along the wing margins''


    74) Borbacha pardaria ?


    75) Fascellina aff. quadrata
    My first two guesses were F. castanea, even F. chromataria. Subsequently, a quick jaunt to BOLD systems led me to my current guess.
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    More ''erebids''

    76) Pantura rufifrons ?


    77) Ommatophora luminosa ?


    78) Hadennia mysalis ?


    79) Mecodina lanceola ?


    81) Cerynea sp ?


    82 &83) Unknown
    I have seen what appears to be 82's relative, and possibly 83 on the cover of MoB's volume 17. But alas, the perennial dog of Noctuidae continues to wag its tail, rendering color plates inaccessible for public viewing
    >82 appears to resemble members of the genus Catada





    source: http://www.pemberleybooks.com/produc...nodinae/18323/
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