Taxonomic Information
Conservula Grote, 1874 species known from India.
Conservula indica (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Nepal.
Conservula v-brunneum (Guenée, 1852). India: Pondicherry (TL); Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Conservula indica (Moore, 1867): Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Phlogophora indica Moore, 1867. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 57; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/57/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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. pg.246 #1827
- Conservula indica; Hampson, 1908. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 502, pl. 120, f. 8. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/502/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n302/mode/2up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.pl.15:24
- jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia, http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/05_NOCTUIDAE/13_NOCTUINAE/040_Phlogophora/Phlogophora%20indica/Phlogophora%20indica.htm [accessed 14 Oct 2015 as Phlogophora indica].
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Conservula indica (Moore, 1867) – . 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/conservula-indica, accessed 2025/11/03.


