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Lignispalta incertissima Bethune-Baker comb. n

Bagada incertissima Bethune-Baker, 1906, Novit. zool., 13: 209.

Euplexia multicolor Warren, 1912, Novit. zool, 19: 23.

Euplexia multicolor ochrea Warren, 1913, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 11:145.

Spodoptera acrosphena Turner, 1943 ,Mem. Queensland Mus., 12: 113, syn. n. (E.S. Nielsen ,pers. comm.)

Prospalta incertissima Bethune-Baker; Holloway, 1976: 14.

Diagnosis

The apical white patch of the forewing is variable in extent. The reniform is strongly excavated distally, with a small but conspicuous creamy white rectangle in the indentation. This is absent in the next species which has a reniform of more typical shape but shares the apical pale patch.

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Species (2)


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