Hepsidera lignea Swinhoe, 1902 -

Taxonomic Information

Hepsidera Swinhoe, 1902 species known from India.
Hepsidera deletaria (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim (TL). 
Hepsidera lignea Swinhoe, 1902. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. Hepsidera lignea Swinhoe, 1902; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 9 (51): 176; TL: Malaysia, Perak, Goping.
  2. Holloway, J. D. 2008. The Moths of Borneo (part 17). Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Rivulinae, Phytometrinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae and Hypenodinae. Malayan Nature Journal 60(1-4): 1-268.Pg. 61, fig. 35, 148, pl. 2:31. 
  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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pg. 20, Pl. 1/22.
  4. Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2025. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region: Part 2. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 35(1): 1-13. Pg. 11, Figure 1O, Figure 6C, Figure 8M. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Hepsidera lignea Swinhoe, 1902 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hepsidera-lignea, accessed 2025/06/15.