Originally posted by hkmoths at 2016-8-15 22:49
This one is T. rufoterminalis.
T. problematica has less extensive dark marks on the forewing and a much paler hindwing. The resting posture is similar.
My seriously bad.
Apologies.
two points of order here.
(1) the pattern note I gave is incorrect -
rufoterminalis lacks the bright orange hindwing medial zone, as well as the black thorax and forewing base. The forewing fasciae also differ in shape and relative placement, the medial and postmedial are closer to each other in "problematica"
(2)
H. pulchella was previously mis-labelled as
Trichophysetis problematica (Fabricius, 1794) in Kendrick (2002) (and all HK records before, too, so I was only perpetuating the errpr); there is no such species authored by Fabricius. The taxon
problematica was described by Strand in 1918; it is a junior synonym of
rufoterminalis
hope that helps clarify the matters.
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