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
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858): Cassia sp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Remigia pertendens Walker, 1858. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 14: 1512.
- Ericeia gonioptila Prout, 1922. Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 1: 233.
- Ericeia eurytaenia Prout, 1929. Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 3: 113.
- Ericeia occidua Prout, 1929. Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 3: 115.
- Ericeia pertendens iopolia Fletcher, 1957. Nat. Hist. Rennell Isl., 2: 50.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pl.52:9
- vol 3, Pl 10-9.
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_4_6.php [accessed 24 Dec 2015]- jpmoth.org http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/09Catocalinae/4305_Ericeia_pertendens/Ericeia%20pertendens.htm [accessed 24 Dec 2015]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858) – . 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/ericeia-pertendens, accessed 2025/11/01.


