Chlorodontopera discospilata (Moore, [1868]) -

Taxonomic Information

Chlorodontopera Warren, 1893 species known from India. 
Chlorodontopera chalybeata (Moore, 1872). NE India. 
Chlorodontopera discospilata (Moore, [1868]). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: Chlorodontopera chalybeata (Moore, 1872) 
Odontopera chalybeata Moore, 1872. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 580, pl. 34, f. 4; TL: N.India. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/580/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/n643/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_20_1.php
Note: According to Hampson, 1895. pg 482, no. 4033 "Male. Differs from discopilata in the frons being black; some black marks at base of cilia; the discocelluar spot of forewing smaller; the underside purplish brown, without markings." Specimens of Chlorodontopera chalybaeata on Bold systems do not however show the the discocelluar spot of forewing smaller and those of discospilata of a rather variable in size. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total1311
  1. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae. Pg. 482, #4033
  2. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/20_Chlorodontopera/Chlorodontopera%20discospilata/Chlorodontopera%20discospilata.htm [accessed 11 Sep 2015]
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=142056 [accessed 11 Sep 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Chlorodontopera discospilata (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/chlorodontopera-discospilata, accessed 2025/10/28.