Prismosticta tiretta Swinhoe, 1903

Wang, Xing, Huang, Guo-Hua & Wang, Min, 2011, Notes on the genus Prismosticta (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae) with description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 2895, pp. 65-68 : 66-67

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.206871
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190579
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scientific name	Prismosticta tiretta Swinhoe, 1903
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Prismosticta tiretta Swinhoe, 1903 , Fascic. Malay. Zool. 1: 52. Type locality: Sandakan, Borneo. Prismosticta tiretta: Barlow, 1982 , An introduction to the moths of South East Asia: 46.

This species is similar to P. fenestrata but coloration is lighter; hind wing with termen wavy, discal spot curved concave basad, apical triangular white hyaline spot smaller than in P. regalis . This species was described from Sandakan, Borneo, and Holloway (1987) reported the range as Sundaland. Subsequently it has been recorded from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar ( Candèze, 1927; Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009).