Taxonomic Information
Jodis Hübner, [1823] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Jodis albipuncta (Warren, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Jodis argutaria (Walker, 1866). India: North Hindustan.
Jodis argentilineata Wileman, 1916. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Jodis coeruleata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Jodis ctila (Prout, 1926). Myanmar; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Jodis delicatula (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh (Tale WLS).
Jodis inumbrata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Jodis irregularis (Warren, 1894). Bhutan; India: Himalayas.
Jodis nanda (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India.
Jodis pallescens (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Jodis rhabdota (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Jodis subtractata (Walker, 1863). India: Hindustan.
Jodis undularia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Jodis xynia (Prout, 1917). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Jodis argentilineata Wileman, 1916
Han et al 2011 Plates. Plate XVII, no 2 for argentilineata and nos 3 for argutaria.
Han et al 2011 key: Jodis argutaria FW has discal spot with white dot; FW with post-medial line irregularly dentate, protruding outwards between veins M.
Han Geo key:Jodis argentilineata FW has discal spot with white dot; terminal line with white dot-like on vein ends. Seitz Vol 12, Pl 14, row e for argentilineata.
Seitz Vol 12, Pg. 125. Pl. 14h for argutaria. States that it is difficult to separate from argentilineata. Lunules of the post-medial line in argutaria are more strongly developed than argentilineata. This is visible in the plate in Han Geo key. Lunules more sharply white in argutaria.
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- Thalera argutaria Walker, 1866. List Specimens Lepid Insects Collection Brit. Mus. 35: 1614. TL: N. India. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119360#page/90/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.Pg. 515, # 4135 as Thalera argutaria.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World, Vol. 12, Pg. 125. Pl 14h
- Han, H., Xue, D. 2011. Fauna Sinica (Insecta Vol. 54. Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae). Beijing, Science Press. 1-787 pp. Pl. 17/3.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.Pg. 16, Image 410.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/69_Geometridae/72.7_Geometrinae/2195Jodis/2200Jodis_argutaria/Jodis_argutaria.htm
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535204
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Jodis argutaria (Walker, 1866) – . 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/Jodis-argutaria, accessed 2025/11/06.