Taxonomic Information
Gerontha Walker, 1864 species known from India.
Gerontha captiosella Walker, 1864. Sri Lanka.
Gerontha dracuncula Meyrick, 1928. S. Andamans.
Gerontha rugulosa Li & Xiao, 2009. S. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Gerontha captiosella Walker, 1864. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29, pg. 782. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120181#page/232/mode/1up
- Gerontha captiosella; Moore, 1884-87. Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3 , p. 521. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9340650#page/543/mode/1up
- Li, H-H., & Y-L, Xiao, 2009. Taxonomic study on the genus Gerontha Walker (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 34(2), pp.224-233.
- Singh, A. P. & Lekhendra. 2022. Moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) of New Forest Campus, Dehradun, India. Indian Forester, 148 (6): 632-643. Reports from Dehradun.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=955978
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gerontha spp. Walker, 1864 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Gerontha-spp, accessed 2025/11/15.