Taxonomic Information
List of Beara Walker, 1866 species known from India:
Beara dichromella Walker, 1866. India (Maharashtra, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand); Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Beara nubiferella Walker, 1866. India (Andamans).
Beara tortriciformis (Strand, 1917) (Hylophilodes). India (Meghalaya, N.E. Himalaya).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Beara dichromella Walker, 1866: Trema orientale (Cannabaceae), Grewia tiliifolia, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Malvaceae), Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae), Ziziphus mauritiana, Ziziphus rugosa (Rhamnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Beara dichromella Walker, 1866. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1703. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso35brit/page/1703/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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. 428, # 237, Fig. 423.
- 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. Tribal placement based on Kononenko & Pinratana (2013).
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1153049-Beara-dichromella
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Beara dichromella Walker, 1866 – . 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/beara-dichromella, accessed 2025/11/02.














