Diomea orbifera (Walker, 1862) -

Taxonomic Information

Diomea Walker [858] species known from India. 
Diomea ferrosticta Yoshimoto, 2001. Myanmar. 
Diomea orbifera (Walker, 1862). N. India. 
Diomea lignicolora Walker, [1858]. TL: Sri Lanka; India: Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Kerala. 
Diomea livida Hampson, 1902. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Simla); Nepal. 
Diomea pagana (Swinhoe, 1901). India: Meghalaya (TL: Jaintia Hills). 
Diomea rotundata Walker, [1858]. India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Diomea suvarnadvipae Kobes, 1983 is considered a junior synonym of D. lignicolora.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
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  1. Zigera orbifera Walker, 1862. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 182; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed06linn/page/182/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Zigera lichenosa Hampson, 1898, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 11: 460, syn. n.
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 62, Pl. 15: 35 as Corsa orbifera
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pg. 73, pl. 9/1. 
  5. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/boletobiini/boletobiini_4_8.php
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/906086-Diomea-orbifera
     

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Diomea orbifera (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Diomea-orbifera, accessed 2024/04/29.