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Discussion

ibaird wrote:

17 Nov 2024

I'm not sure we know either way with this moth!

Utetheisa (genus)

donhe wrote:

17 Nov 2024

I think the moth has the left wing overlapping the right showing the hind marginof the left wing, which only has 4 red spots along it.

Utetheisa (genus)

ibaird wrote:

16 Nov 2024

Yes, the markings, I understand it differ on the trailing outer forewing hind margin near the tornus. U. pulchelloides typically has 5 red marks along the hind margin, whereas U. lotrix lacks the fifth outer red mark, having only 4.

Utetheisa (genus)

donhe wrote:

16 Nov 2024

U. lotrix and U. pulchelloides both have 5 red spots along the costa. The number differs only along the forewing hind-margin, the possible 5th (U. pulchelloides) at the tornus, see for example original drawing of U. lotrix by Pieter Cramer at Figure E (lower left corner) of
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95175#page/52/mode/1up

Utetheisa (genus)

WendyEM wrote:

16 Nov 2024

oops sorry that should read COSTA not inner margin. I had written this once then lost it. I should not have rushed the re-write

Utetheisa (genus)