Taxonomic Information
Cydalima Lederer, 1863 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Cydalima capriniodes (Hampson, 1912). India; Myanmar.
Cydalima diaphanalis (Walker, 1866). Myanmar.
Cydalima laticostalis (Guenée, 1854). Indian subcontinent.
Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859). India.
Cydalima pfeifferae (Lederer, 1863). India; Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Cydalima laticostalis (Guenée, 1854): Chonemorpha fragrans, Holarrhena pubescens (Apocynaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Margarodes laticostalis Guenée, 1854. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 303 at http://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell08bois#page/303/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 346, # 5008 as Glyphodes laticostalis.
- Mally, R. & . N. Mathias. 2010. Phylogeny and nomenclature of the box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) comb. n., which was recently introduced into Europe (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). European Journal of Entomology. 107: 393–400.
- 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. Image 23.
- jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/50_PYRALOIDEA/Crambidae/63.9_Pyraustinae/Cydalima/Cydalima%20laticostalis/Cydalima%20laticostalis.htm [accessed 13 January 2016]
- inaturalist.org. iNaturalist.org web application at http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193651 [accessed 13 January 2016]
- Nuss, M., B. Landry, R. Mally, F. Vegliante, A. Tränkner, F. Bauer, J. Hayden, A. Segerer, R. Schouten, H. Li, T. Trofimova, M. A. Solis, J. De Prins & W. Speidel. 2003–2015. Global Information System on Pyraloidea. -
- www.pyraloidea.org [accessed 13 January 2016]
- Wikipedia contributors. Cydalima laticostalis [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2015 Sep 13, 19:31 UTC [cited 2016 Jan 13]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cydalima_laticostalis&oldid=680877607.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/laticostalis.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cydalima laticostalis (Guenée, 1854) – . 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/cydalima-laticostalis, accessed 2025/10/25.