Ditrigona triangularia (Moore, [1868]) -

Taxonomic Information

Ditrigona Moore, 1888 species known from India. 
Ditrigona derocina (Bryk, 1943). India: India; Myanmar (TL: Kambaiti). 
Ditrigona diana Wilkinson, 1968. India: Assam (TL: Gopaldara), Meghalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan. 
Ditrigona fasciata (Hampson, [1893]). India: Sikkim (TL).
Ditrigona furvicosta (Hampson, 1912). India: Sikkim (TL). 
Ditrigona inconspicua (Leech, 1898). India (?). 
Ditrigona idaeoides (Hampson, [1893]). India: Sikkim (TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Ditrigona innotata (Hampson [1893]), India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kulu).
Ditrigona marmorea Wilkinson, 1968. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL: Mishmi Hills). 
Ditrigona mytylata (Guenee, [1858]). India: Assam (TL: Gopaldara). 
Ditrigona obliquilinea (Hampson, [1893]). India: Sikkim (TL), Naga Hills, West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Ditrigona pruinosa (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling). 
Ditrigona quinaria (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).  
Ditrigona regularis Warren, 1922. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Nagaland, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Ditrigona sericea (Leech, 1898). India: NE India. 
Ditrigona spatulata Wilkinson, 1968. India: Sikkim (TL: Tonglo). 
Ditrigona triangularia (Moore, [1868]). India: “Bengal” (TL), Arunachal Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. OD: Ourapteryx triangularia Moore, [1868]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 612; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/612/mode/1up?view=theater 
  2. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. pg. 332, # 703. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl 1/19. 
  4. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp.  Image 53.1. 
  5. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 59.
  6. http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ditrigona_Triangularia  [accessed 22 July 2021]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Ditrigona triangularia (Moore, [1868]) – . 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/ditrigona-triangularia, accessed 2025/11/02.