
Taxonomic Information
Hypomecis Hübner, 1821 species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Hypomecis arcearia (Sampson, 1902). India: Kashmir (Sindh Valley).
Hypomecis assimilis (Warren, 1902). India: Indian Himalaya.
Hypomecis biserrata (Hampson 1902). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kulu).
Hypomecis carinenta (Cramer, 1777). India: Tamil Nadu (Coromandel).
Hypomecis cineracea (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Hypomecis crasstrtigata (Christoph, 1881). India: North India.
Hypomecis diffusaria (Alberts, 1949). India: North India: Himachal Pradesh (Bashahr).
Hypomecis fasciata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), West Bengal (Kurseyong).
Hypomecis fulvosparsa (Hampson, 1895). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis galucocincta (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Koksar), Himachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis infixaria (Walker, 1860). India: N. & S. India.
Hypomecis latifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, the plateau, 6700ft.
Hypomecis leucocyma (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Barra Larcha).
Hypomecis lioptilaria (Swinhoe, 1903). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal.
Hypomecis oblivia (Prout, 1925). India: Assam, Meghalaya (Shillong,).
Hypomecis pallida (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, N Slopes, 3500ft and S slopes, 3000ft; Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Hypomecis paradaria (Moore, 1868). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Manipur, Sikkim.
Hypomecis polysticta (Hampson, 1902).
Hypomecis polystrota (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir (Rala), Punjab, Himachal Pradesh (Koksar).
Hypomecis procursaria (Walker, 1860), India.
Hypomecis ratotaria (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh. Hypomecis glochinophora (Prout, 1925) is a junior synonym of Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860).
Hypomecis separata separata (Walker, 1860). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Hypomecis serratilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji).
Hypomecis suasria (Guenee, 1858). India.
Hypomecis tamilensis Sato, 2016. Tamil Nadu (TL: Kalkad, Wild Life Sanctuary, Manjolai).
Hypomecis tetragonata (Walker, 1862). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hypomecis transcissa (Walker, 1860). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharmsala), Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Hypomecis rotaria, both species are illustrated in Moths of Nepal, further identification comments are discussed on the observation at inaturalist http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/447415
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Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Uttarakhand | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Total | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
- pl. 74:5
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_38_1.php [accessed 29 Feb 2016]
- http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/447415 [accessed 29 Feb 2016]
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 171.
Other Notes
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Hypomecis transcissa (Walker, 1860) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.83. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/hypomecis-transcissa, accessed 2025/03/28.