Antoculeora ornatissima (Walker, 1858) -

Taxonomic Information

Antoculeora species known from India and Nepal. 
Antoculeora locuples (Oberthür, 1881)
Antoculeora ornatissima (Walker, 1858)
Antoculeora yoshimotoi (Ronkay, 1997

Both Antoculeora locuples (Oberthür, 1881) and Antoculeora ornatissima (Walker, 1858) occur sympatrically in Nepal and are best separated by comparing genitalia. 

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Antoculeora ornatissima -


Similar species: Antoculeora locuples (Oberthür, 1881) 

  1. Plusia locuples Oberthür, 1880. Étud. d'Ent. 5: 85, pl. 9, f. 3; TL: Askold I. Plate at https://archive.org/details/tudesdentomolo05ober/page/n111/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 157/7. 

Both Antoculeora locuples (Oberthür, 1881) and Antoculeora ornatissima (Walker, 1858) occur sympatrically in Nepal and are best separated by comparing genitalia. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11
  1. OD: Plusia ornatissima Walker, 1858. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1786; TL: North Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1786/mode/1up?view=theater 
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg 572, # 2674 as Plusia ornatissima.
  3. Phytometra ornatissima Walker In: Hampson, G. F. 1913. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Vol. 13, pg. 515, #8341. Lists Plusia locuples as synonym. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 44/4. 
  5. Chou, I. & Lu,T. 1978. Studies on the Chinese Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Acta ent. Sinica 21 (1) : 63-78. 
  6. Sinha, T., Shashank, P.R. and Chattopadhyay, P.C., 2018. DNA barcoding and morphological characterization of moth Antoculeora ornatissima (Walker, 1858) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a new range record from western Himalayan region of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(13), pp.12817-12820. 
  7. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=370755 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Antoculeora ornatissima (Walker, 1858) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/antoculeora-ornatissima, accessed 2024/03/29.