Taxonomic Information
Calliteara Butler, 1881 species known from India.
Calliteara angulata (Hampson, 1895). Nepal, NE, Himalaya.
Calliteara aphrasta (Collenette, 1938)
Calliteara cerebosa (Swinhoe, 1903). NW Himalaya.
Calliteara cerigoides (Walker, 1862). S. India.
Calliteara complicata (Walker, 1865). N India, Nepal.
Calliteara himalayana Kishida, 1994. Nepal
Calliteara horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851). Nepal, Himalayas.
Calliteara grotei (Moore, 1859). India.
Calliteara strigata (Moore, 1879).
Calliteara varia (Walker, 1855). Sikkim.
Calliteara taiwana (Wileman, 1910).
Calliteara siniaevi Trofimova, Shovkoon & Witt, 2016. India: Nagaland.
Calliteara cinctata (Moore, 1879). Darjeeling, Nepal. Now placed in Dasychira.
Calliteara postfusca (Swinhoe, 1895). NE India. Now placed in Dasychira.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Calliteara complicata (Walker, 1865): Crocosmia sp., Tritonia sp.(Iridaceae), Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae), Malus pumila (Rosaceae), Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Dasychira complicata Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 365; TL: Hindostan. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso3132brit#page/365/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. # 997, Pg. 447 as Dasychira complicata.
- Kaleka, A. P. S. 2012. Diversity of Tussock Moths (Lepidoptera-Lymantriidae) on the Western Himalaya. Colemania. 31/3-15. Pg. 7. Reported from NW Himalaya.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325711-Calliteara-complicata
Note: Listed as Dasychira complicata Walker, 1855 by some authors.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Calliteara complicata (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/calliteara-complicata, accessed 2024/11/04.