1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Swinhoe (1895: 296) [from Copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Mesoptila melanolopha (Swinhoe, 1895) [other combination according to funet.fi]
• Tephroclystia melanolopha (Swinhoe, 1895)

3.2. Synonyms

• Eupithecia owadai Vojnits, 1988 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Swinhoe, C. (1895): New Species of Indian Epiplemidæ, Geometridæ, Thyrididæ, and Pyralidæ. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Sixth Series 16: 293-304. London (Taylor and Francis).