Taxonomic Information
Based on Li & Li, H. (2012), Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 (India & Sri Lanka) and Calamotropha indica Bleszynski, S. 1961 (Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Bhutan) are very similar species; best told apart by genitalia. We are identifying this species, Calamotropha indica Bleszynski, S. 1961, provisionally, as the type locality of Calamotropha indica is the Himalayan region. However, genitalia dissection is need to confirm species identity of C. indica and C. melli with certainty.
Calamotropha Zeller, 1863 species known from India.
Calamotropha alcesta Błeszyński, 1961. India: Nilgiri hills.
Calamotropha anticella (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha argenticilia (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; Bhutan; India.
Calamotropha atkinsoni Zeller, 1863. Sri Lanka; India: West Bengal (Kolkata).
Calamotropha caesella (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha corticellus (Hampson, 1899). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), West Bengal (Kolkata), Mizoram.
Calamotropha delatalis (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha endopolia Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961. India: Sikkim; Uttarakhand; Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha latella (Snellen, 1890). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Calamotropha lupatus (Meyrick, 1932). India.
Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; India: Nagaland, Meghalaya.
Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933. India; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha neurigrammalis (Hampson, 1912). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha pseudodielota Błeszyński, 1961. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha punctivenellus (Hampson, 1896). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha unicolorellus (Zeller, 1863). India: Himalayas.
Calamotropha saturnella Błeszyński, 1961. India.
Calamotropha schwarzi Błeszyński, 1961. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha typhivorus Meyrick, 1932. Pakistan.
Calamotropha venera Błeszyński, 1961. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893) (extralimital) and Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933 (India & Sri Lanka).
Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893)
Bleszynski, S. 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. Pg 258, Pl. 43/95.
Crambus oculalis, Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 957
Crambus oculalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Vol. 4. p. 15, #4167.
Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933
Li, W. and Li, H., 2012. Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of natural history, 46(43-44), pp.2639-2664. Pg. 2659, Figure 3C. for C. melli.
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- Calamotropha indica Bleszynski, S. 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. TL: Sikkim. Pg. 259, Pl. 43/93.
- Li, W. and Li, H., 2012. Review of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of natural history, 46(43-44), pp.2639-2664.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1359128-Calamotropha-indica
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Calamotropha-indica, accessed 2024/05/13.