Male Telicota linna.
UnH veins across band not dark-dusted in both sexes.
Telicota bambusae is very similar & easily confused with.
There is a single record from Singapore a century ago but this is now rated unlikely & a mis-ID.
Common in India 7 much of continental SE Asia.
Hostplants include Bamboos & sugar-cane & so could easily spread here. TELIBAM.png
Telicota bambusae bambusae.
Smaller species FW 15mm.
Band often rather broad.
Orange patch base of space 1b bright as the band.
UnF subapical spots 6, 7, & 8 mostly clear.
Some examples may have a weak black smudge at the lower end of spot 8 as in T. linna.
Female upf with two long cellend bars.
Telicota linna .Larger. FW 18-19mm.
The band appear correspondingly narrower.
Base of space 1b orange patch dull, darker.
UpF with the lower end of subapical spot 8 & sometimes also spot 6 marked with black.
Identification based on underside alone is difficult as the difference is not absolute.
This below with broad bands look correct as T. bambusae but it does have a tiny black spot at the lower end of spot 8. https://www.flickr.com/photos/maanay...n/photostream/
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