Taxonomic Information
Cusiala Moore, [1867] species known from India.
Cusiala boarmoides Moore, [1,887]. Throughout India.
Cusiala raptaria (Walker, 1860). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Vide Hampson, (1895), Cusiala raptaria has curved postmedial beyond cell on HW, while boarmoides has angled postmedial. Both species display polymorphism.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Cusiala boarmoides Moore, [1887]: Cassia spp., Xylia spp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Cusiala boarmoides Moore, 1887. Lepid Ceylon 3 (13): 407. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/407/mode/1up
- Tephrosia angulata Hampson, 1891. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 8: 107, Pl. 150/7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/117/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75388#page/177/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.Pg. 248, # 3361. As Biston boarmioides.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 131/11.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 144.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_27_1.php
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=308495
- https://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18338
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/627668-Cusiala-boarmoides
Note: Displays polymorphism.
Other Notes
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cusiala boarmoides Moore, [1887] – . 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/cusiala-boarmoides, accessed 2025/10/29.