Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) -

Taxonomic Information

Grammodes Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775). Oriental tropics.
Grammodes occulta Berio, 1956. Myanmar. 
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775). Oriental tropics.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Grammodes stolida -


Grammodes geometrica has the postdiscal cream line not bent inwards in the middle. Cillia grey (not white) at forewing apex and no white-grey marginal line.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra12
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21321

Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775): Coriaria myrtifolia (Coriariaceae), Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae), Paliurus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae), Rubus vestitus (Rosaceae), Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae pg. 532 #2588
  2. Goff, R. African Moths.
    http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/EREBINAE/grammodes%20stolida.htm [accessed 14 Oct 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/grammodes-stolida, accessed 2024/04/23.