Taxonomic Information
Similar species:
Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763)
Abraxas leucostola has olive-fuscous patches darker than sylvata, with more prominent silvery markings for forewing. Grey markings obsolescent (but variable) and only showing through from underside; a ring spot at cell-end and two costal spots are dark fuscous. Abraxas leucostola has short fuscous streaks on veins of forewing, on the inner edge of the grey post-medial band, which sylvata lacks.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
- Abraxas argyrosticta Hampson, 1907. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (1): 43, Plate E, fig 25.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg 299, Fig 141, # 3516.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 106.
- Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. 296 pp. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 92.
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268784 [accessed 29 August 2020]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=676377 for A. leucostola.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Abraxas leucostola Hampson, 1893 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/abraxas-leucostola, accessed 2024/04/24.