Taxonomic Information
Cerace Walker, 1863 species from the Indian subcontinent.
Cerace cyanopyga Diakonoff, 1950. India; Myanmar.
Cerace loxodes Meyrick, 1912. India; Myanmar.
Cerace onustana Walker, 1863. India (Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal); Nepal.
Cerace sardias Meyrick, 1907. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Cerace stipatana Walker, 1863. India (Himalayas); Sylhet, Bangladesh.
Cerace tetraonis Butler 1886. Darjeeling, West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Cerace xanthothrix Diakonoff, 1950. Naga Hills, Myanmar.
Cerace xanthocosma Diakonoff, 1950. India (synonym Cerace guttana). Assam, Meghalaya; Bangladesh.
Cerace stipatana Walker, 1863 is the only Indian Cerace species with white hindwings. All the other species have yellow hindwing, which is essential to support identification.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Cerace stipatana Walker, 1863. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 28: 422; TL: Silhet.
- Diakonoff,A. 1950. A revision of the family Ceracidae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) Bull. Br. Mus. Ent. 1 (2) : 171-219. Pg. 209.
- Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. and Chandra, K., 2020. Catalogue of Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) of India. Zootaxa, 4757(1), pp.1-95.
- http://www.tortricidae.com/cataloguePhoto.asp?index=4497 [accessed 19 June 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Cerace stipatana Walker, 1863 – . 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/cerace-stipatana, accessed 2024/10/05.