Alcanola tympanistis (Hampson, 1900) -

Taxonomic Information

Alcanola László, Ronkay and Witt, 2010 species known from India
Alcanola speideli László , G. Ronkay & Witt, 2010
Alcanola tympanistis (Hampson, 1900)

Alcanola speideli is more whitish colouration on FW, TL from Kerala. Best separated from Alcanola tympanistis by comparing genitalia. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Alcanola tympanistis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra2
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total411
  1. Melanographia tympanistis Hampson, 1900. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalanae in the British Museum, Vol II. Pg. 49, #101, fig. 13. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Melanographia tympanistis Hampson, 1900. JBNHS, vol. 14, pg. 114, # 1534, Fig.
  3. László, G.M., Ronkay, G., Witt, T.J. 2010. Contribution to the Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) fauna of North Thailand. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 15: 7–126. Text at http://esperiana.net/mediapool/86/862516/data/Esperiana_15-_7-67.pdf [accessed 05 May 2021]
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 22, figs 3-4.
  5. Joshi, R., Singh, N. and Laszlo, G.M., 2019. An updated Checklist of subfamily Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(3), pp.263-281.
  6. Joshi, R., Singh, N. and Kuni, N., 2021. A catalogue of Nolidae Bruand, 1846 from India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5034(1), pp.1-112.Fig. 36. 
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/900415-Alcanola-tympanistis
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Alcanola tympanistis (Hampson, 1900) – . 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/alcanola-tympanistis, accessed 2024/04/24.