Taxonomic Information
Hylophilodes Hampson, 1912 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Hylophilodes burmana Berio, 1973. Myanmar.
Hylophilodes dubia Prout, 1926. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Hylophilodes orientalis (Hampson, 1894). India: Nagaland.
Hylophilodes pseudorientalis Prout, 1921. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Hylophilodes rubromarginata (Bethune-Baker, 1906). NE India.
Hylophilodes tsukusensis Nagano, 1918. India: 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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- Hylophiloides [= Hylophilodes] tsukusensis Nagano, 1918. Insect World 22: 192; TL: Japan, Kiusu, Nagasaki
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 114/20-21.
- 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.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 39/34.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=282227
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Hylophilodes_tsukusensis.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423648-Hylophilodes-tsukusensis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hylophilodes tsukusensis Nagano, 1918 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hylophilodes-tsukusensis, accessed 2025/11/01.