Taxonomic Information
Anydrelia Prout, 1938 species known from India.
Anydrelia distorta (Hampson,1895) (Hydrelia). India; Nepal.
Anydrelia dharmsalae (Butler, 1883) (Ephyra). India (Himachal Pradesh).
Anydrelia dharmsalae (Butler, 1883). Prout (1938) stated that this might be a synonym of A. distorta. However, still listed as a valid species by The Forum Herbulot, and till further investigation, we treat these as separate taxon
OD : Ephyra dharmsalae Butler, 1883. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1883 pg 169. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96834#page/249/mode/1up
Venusia dharmsalae, FBI, Moths of India, Vol 3 pg 417 #3835
Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1934. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Supplement 4 pg 177 & Pl 16f.
Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252196#page/183/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252192#page/47/mode/1up
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Anydrelia distorta -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- Hydrelia distorta 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. 414, #3825.
- Seitz, A. (Ed). 1934. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Supplement 4 pp. 1-248. Pg 177. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252196#page/183/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 6/32.
- Xue, D. and Scoble, M.J., 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology Series, 71(1), pp.77-133. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofnatura711natu/page/105/mode/1up?q=distorta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Anydrelia distorta Hampson, (1895) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/anydrelia-distorta, accessed 2025/10/22.