Taxonomic Information
Daplasa Moore, 1879 species known from India.
Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879). India: NE. Bengal (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Nepal.
Daplasa variegata (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Wang et al. (2015) state that Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879) maybe the female of Daplasa variegata. Needs to be investigated.
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- Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson (1): 52, pl. 2, f. 17. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/52/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/n326/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. 458, #1025.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 54/13.
- Pang, X.Y., Rindos, M., Kishida, Y. and Wang, H.S., 2019. Review of the genus Daplasa Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Lymantriinae) from China, with description of new species. Zootaxa, 4695(6), pp.577-585.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 118 & Pl. 54 fig. 7.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Daplasa-irrorata, accessed 2026/01/31.