Hylophilodes tsukusensis Nagano, 1918 -

Taxonomic Information

Hylophilodes Hampson, 1912 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Hylophilodes burmana Berio, 1973. Myanmar. 
Hylophilodes dubia Prout, 1926. Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram. 
Hylophilodes orientalis (Hampson, 1894). Nagaland. 
Hylophilodes pseudorientalis Prout, 1921. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Hylophilodes rubromarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1906). NE India. 
Hylophilodes tsukusensis Nagano, 1918. Sikkim, Nagaland. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Hylophilodes tsukusensis -


Similar species is Hylophilodes pseudorientalis Prout, 1921 

Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 39/33 

Seitz, Vol. 11, pg. 424. Pl. 40g. 

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207633-Hylophilodes-pseudorientalis
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28808396
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=541160 for pseudorientalis
Hylophilodes pseudorientalis has a waved submarginal line, while Hylophilodes tsukusensis has a step-like formation.

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Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
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Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
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Uttarakhand
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  1. Hylophiloides [= Hylophilodes] tsukusensis Nagano, 1918. Insect World 22: 192; TL: Japan, Kiusu, Nagasaki
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 114/20-21. 
  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. Pl. 26/56-57. 
  4. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 39/34. 
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=282227
  6. http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Hylophilodes_tsukusensis.html
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423648-Hylophilodes-tsukusensis

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hylophilodes tsukusensis Nagano, 1918 – . 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/hylophilodes-tsukusensis, accessed 2024/04/20.