Schistophleps albida, Walker, 1865 (Walker, 1865)

Rayhan, Md Jahir, Bucsek, Karol & Jahan, Sayema, 2024, Schistophleps kendricki sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Bangladesh with an overview of the genus, Zootaxa 5481 (1), pp. 66-78 : 74-76

vii. albida species group ( Figs 15–16 )

Diagnosis: Wing pattern elements resemble those of bipuncta group. However, these species have a white ground color. Fore wings with distinct sub basal, antemedial, and postmedial thick lines, that may form either as series of spots or uninterrupted lines; a submarginal band formed with three to four large brown patches; antecilial series of spots on the trailing edges of each veins. Two distinct black spots, one inside and other at the end of discal cell. Hind wings unmarked.

Distribution: Philippines, and Queensland, Australia.

Figures

FIGURES 15–24: Schistophleps species, 15, Schistophleps albida (Walker, [1865]) (male), 16, Ditto (female), 17, Schistophleps bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904 (HT, male), 18, Schistophleps bipuncta Hampson (male), 19, Schistophleps flavia Bucsek, 2014 (female), 20, Ditto (male), 21, Schistophleps fulvia Hampson, 22, Schistophleps lobifulvia Holloway, 2001 (female), 23, Schistophleps hyalina Bethune-Baker, 1908 (HT, male), 24, Schistophleps subtilis Holloway, 1979 (from Holloway, 1979)