Request for ID help Verification from Assam

[Saffron]

Dear Dr. Seow sir, I hope you are good and healthy as always. I have tried to identify some of the moth species available in our area and would like to have your views on it. Kindly provide the id keys of the species (under the identified genus) if possible.

Regards
Atanu Bora

Cheers


1. Achelura bifasciata?

Achelura bifasciata.jpg


2. Achrosis pyrrhularia?

Achrosis pyrrhularia.jpg


3. Asota egens?

Asota egens.jpg


4. Berta sp.?

Berta sp..jpg

Berta sp. 2.jpg


5.

CSC_1343.jpg


6. Cyclosia midamia?

Cyclosia midamia.jpg


7.

DSCN7599.jpg


8. Episteme vetula?

Episteme vetula.jpg


9. Eupterote sp.?

Eupterote sp..jpg


10. Mangina argus

Mangina argus.jpg


11. Marumba spectabilis?

Marumba spectabilis.jpg


12. Numenes siletti?

Numenes siletti.jpg


13. Ophthalmitis sp.?

Ophthalmitis sp..jpg


14. Problepsis vulgaris?

Problepsis vulgaris.jpg


15. Theretra lucasii?

Theretra lucasii.jpg


16. Theretra nessus?

Theretra nessus.jpg


17. Urapteroides astheniata?

Urapteroides astheniata.jpg

[Psyche]

Thank you for your concerns. I am fine.
Now moths I haven't done for quite a while .
with thousands of species it will take time.
I get all my sources from the web with frequent cross- checkingn now easier with the help of GBIFie.
Global Biodiversity Informations Facility.


https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...3&d=1737045976
Achelura bifasciata is right.

A. bifasciata TL. Assam
Antemedial & postmedial bands parallel ie equal distance apart.
Antemedial may twice as broad as postmedial
More yellowish orange.
Distal wings whiter.
Typical.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/achelura-bifasciata
https://www.mothsofindia.org/achelura-bifasciata
https://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/17235667
https://biodiversity.bt/observation/show/6575
https://prakritinepal.com/orange-banded-jewel-moth/
Two other similar species nearby.

A. yunnanensis.
Fascia deeper orange ,more nearly equal.
Postmedial orange fascia more bend outwards in the lower half so that at rest the distance is greatest in the midline between the two fasciae.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/itchyd...es/27307256196
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/85398797

A. myamyoana
This third species is found south in Myanmar to north Thailand.
The antemedial is very much broader still ,& the wings darker.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4946291536

[Psyche]

2.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...3&d=1737045976

Achrosis pyrrhularia.
This has a characteristic pattern, the FW basal half & tornus marked weith a reticulate pattern & two prominent costal black spots.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...rosini_5_1.php
P.Malaysia
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1836100228
India.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/891765437

[Psyche]

3.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...5&d=1737046069

Asota egens.
Brownish yellow with pale veinings & basal black spost.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-6...nainae-5-6.php
India.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4063094270
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4600042807

[Psyche]

4.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...6&d=1737046119
https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...7&d=1737046185

This have no proper match but it looks to be a form of Berta chrysolineata with finer spotsw.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/sites/m...37fc56f8-1.jpg
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196838768
Borneo
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/...2b04dd38_b.jpg
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9...trini_47_3.php

[Psyche]

5.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...8&d=1737046214

Macroglossum troglodytus.
Note the very curved antemedial fascia (band)a triangular subapical costal patch joined by an L-shaped black bar to the outer margin.
https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_ins.htm

[Psyche]

6. https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...9&d=1737046254

Cyclosia midama.
Various forms & subspecies.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4029195696
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2596334785

[Psyche]

7.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...0&d=1737046292
Female Amblychia angeronaria.
Note the FW white spots & the alignment of the dark lines .Very variable.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/amblychia-angeronaria
https://www.mothsofindia.org/amblychia-angeronaria
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-1...miini_22_1.php

[Psyche]

8.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...1&d=1737046320
Correction Most likely Episteme maculatrix.

Below description based mis- identifed images.
Episteme nipalensis.
Antemedial & postmedial spots of similar proportions.
Postmedial spots without darkened veins.
HW bright orange/red.
Abdomen broadly banded black.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/899969044
Same observation as IDed by hkmoths, Dr R. Kendrick.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/627384
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2244221940
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4111617558


Similar but confused with it.
Episteme maculatrix.
FW with the postmedial spots divided by black veins.
Abdomen shaded blackish dorsally.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3323285120
https://www.mothsofindia.org/Episteme-maculatrix
https://www.mothsofindia.org/episteme-maculatrix

Possibly these below may be examples of E. maculatrix different ssp.
FW only the costal postmedial spot with the veins black.
Abdomen with narrower black bandings.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/episteme-nipalensis
GBIF have no examples of these as E. nipalensis.

E. vetula.
FW postmedial & antemedial generally narrow & as yellow bands.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gall...on_key=1793238

[Psyche]

9.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...2&d=1737046351
Eupterote ssp.
There are no article detailing the Himalayan species.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/eupterote-spp


10.https://www.butterflycircle.com/atta...3&d=1737046386
Margina argus.
The FW narrow white-edged spots are set on a clear ground.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4116385411
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4852686798

Margina syringa.
Fw spots set on a ground of interlocking dark fasciae.
https://www.mothsofindia.org/sites/m...317_265276.jpg
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2818584452

Similar.
Argina astrea.
FW spots larger, rounder but only the encircling white striae connecting.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4516511113