Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793) -

Taxonomic Information

Carea Walker, [1857] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Indian subregion. 
Carea albirufa Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka. 
Carea albopurpurea Hampson, 1894. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Carea dione Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Carea internifusca Hampson, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Carea nebulifera Warren, 1912. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Carea nitida Hampson, 1894. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim. 
Carea obsolescens Moore, 1884. India: Maharashtra (Bombay, Mahabaleshwar), Conoor.
Carea varipes Walker, [1857]. Indian subregion. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh21
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka322
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11
Maharashtra1212211
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh1
Uttarakhand1121
West Bengal
Total1341163754

Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793): Bombax ceiba (Malvaceae), Eugenia myrobalana, Syzygium cumini, Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae), Memecylon sp. (Melastomataceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Bombyx angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Entomologiae Systemaatica emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes,  Ordines,  Genera,  Species,  Adjectis Synonymis,  Locis,  Descritptionibus Observationibus, 3(1): 481 ( Bombyx) (Syntypes: “Ost-India”, UZM, Copenhagen).
  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. # 2331, Pg. 422. Fig. 238 as Carea subtilis.
  3. 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. Pg. 204-205, Plate 28/26-27.
  4. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Carea-angulata.php

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793) – . 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/carea-angulata, accessed 2024/03/28.