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Bleptina histaspesalis Walker

Bleptina histaspesalis Walker, 1859, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 19: 875.

The type specimen (OUMNH) is damaged, lacking a hindwing and its abdomen. The forewing is narrow, and the facies is atypical of the Herminiinae, having a bipunctate discal mark more typical of some Acontiinae. One further specimen has been located (Khasia Hills, Assam), but this also lacks an abdomen.


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