Taxonomic Information
Chasmina species Walker, 1856 known from India
Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865). India.
Chasmina fasciculosa (Walker, 1858). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Chasmina gracilipalpis Warren, 1912.India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Chasmina judicata (Walker, 1858). S. &. W. India.
Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775). India.
Differs from other Chasmina spp. in having no markings on the FW, which are pure shining white and has the palpi and antennae ochreous.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865): Thespesia populnea, Hibiscus tilliaceus (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Arbasera candida Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 638; TL: Cambodia. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso3132brit#page/638/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, pg. 289, # 1957 ( Syn: Leocyma sericea).
- Holloway, J. D. 1989. The Moths of Borneo. Part 12. Noctuidae: Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_29_1.php [accessed 14 September 2015]
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.42. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/chasmina-candida, accessed 2023/04/01.