Moths 2016-2017

[Psyche]

59, 60
Uncertain,
This matches the description of the ground colour (yellow speckled with dull orange ) and the position of the submarginal black spots in Perixera jocosa, but the zigzag medial is strong here.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10...biini_6_31.php

61 .Probably Erythrolophus fascicorpus.
Paler colour :HW with ringed ocellus; abdomen with a basal black patch.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10...phiini_5_1.php

62. Perixera argyromma
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10...mbiini_6_1.php


TL Seow:Cheers.

[Psyche]

63. Unknown. Could be a Noctuid moth.

64. Herculia pelasgalis is right.
http://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/images/tw...moth028105.jpg
http://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/FBMot...a%20pelasgalis

65. Trabala irrorata female .
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/...pidae_18_1.php

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Chequered Lancer]

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 ?

[Chequered Lancer]

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

[Psyche]

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.


TL Seow: Cheers.

[Psyche]

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

TL Seow: Cheers.

[Chequered Lancer]

Thanks for the elucidation on the terms

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.

[Chequered Lancer]

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/