Taxonomic Information
List of Entomogramma Guenée, 1852 species known from India.
Entomogramma fautrix Guenée, 1852. Nepal; Bangladesh.
Entomogramma mediocris Walker, 1865. India: South India.
Entomogramma poststrigaria Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka.
Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852. Sri Lanka; India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Entomogramma torsa -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852: Albizia lebbeck (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Entomogramma fautrix Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 204; TL: Silhet. Text for torsa and fautrix in French here http://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell07bois#page/204/mode/1up [accessed 12 June 2017]
- 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 532, # 2591.
- 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. Pl 24 4-5.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. 87/23.
- http://insecta.pro/gallery/61504 [accessed 12 June 2017]
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=270946 [accessed 12 June 2017]
Other Notes
Based on Hampson, E. fautrix and torsa (listed as tortum in Hampson) are separated as under:
E. torsa is reddish-brown without the fuscous tinge present in fautrix. Spot at end of cell is outlined with black in torsa. FW post-medial line is highly dentate in torsa and slightly waved in fautrix.
E. fautrix: antennae of male ciliated without a ridge of scales at base. E. torsa: antennae of pectinated with uniserrate branches to two-thirds of length, basal part thickened with ridge of scales above.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/entomogramma-torsa, accessed 2025/01/21.