Ericeia eriophora (Guenée, 1852) -

Taxonomic Information

Ericeia Walker, [1858] species from India.  

Ericeia elongata Prout, 1929. Indo-Australian tropics.  

Ericeia eriophora (Guenée, 1852). Indo-Australian tropics.  

Ericeia fraterna (Moore, [1885]). S. India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.  Ericeia inangulata (Guenée, 1852). India; Nepal.  

Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858). India; Nepal.  

https://hkmothsblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/difficult-moth-species-groups-in-hk-1-ericeia-erebidae-erebinae-hulodini/  on notes to separate various Ericeia Walker, [1858] species.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ericeia eriophora -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total121
  1. OD: Hulodes eriophora Guenée, 1852. Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 210
  2. Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 305, pl. 51. Pl 37, Pg 109. 
  3. 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. Pg. 180, # 158, Pl 10/11-12. 
  4. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_4_8.php [accessed 17 December 2018]
  5. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/eriophora.html
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=406263 [accessed 17 December 2018]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ericeia eriophora (Guenée, 1852) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ericeia-eriophora, accessed 2024/03/29.