Taxonomic Information
Hyalobathra Meyrick, 1885 species known from Indian subcontinent
Hyalobathra archeleuca Meyrick, 1885. Myanmar.
Hyalobathra aequalis (Lederer, 1863). India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Hyalobathra coenostolalis (Snellen, 1890). Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nilgriris; Nepal.
Hyalobathra illectalis (Walker, 1859). Uttarakhand, NE India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Hyalobathra miniosalis (Guenée, 1854). India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Hyalobathra opheltesalis (Walker, 1859). N. India, Nilgiris.
Hyalobathra phoenicozona (Hampson, 1896). NE India.
Hyaloplaga pulchralis Moore, 1867. Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Hyalobathra opheltesalis -
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Based on Hampson (1894), H. opheltesalis is separated from H. illectalis as under:
Hyalobathra illectalis is more fulvous, while opheltesalis is orange-yellow. Hyalobathra illectalis has a minutely waved submarginal line, which is obscure on opheltesalis. Hyalobathra illectalis has a black discocellular line which opheltesalis lacks.
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Hyalobathra opheltesalis (Walker, 1859): Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Ebulea opheltesalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 19:1010. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120012#page/224/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 387, # 5109 as Isocentris opheltesalis.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/630588-Hyalobathra-opheltesalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hyalobathra opheltesalis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hyalobathra-opheltesalis, accessed 2025/05/14.