Taxonomic Information
List of Luxiaria Walker, 1860 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Luxiaria acutaria (Snellen, 1877). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Luxiaria amasa (Butler, 1878). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh.
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria contigaria (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria emphatica Prout, 1925. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Tamil Nadu (KMTR) (Iyer et al 2021).
Luxiaria hypaphanes Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Kerala, Maharashtra.
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925. India: Nagaland (Naga Hills), Arunachal Pradesh..
Luxiaria phyllosaria (Walker, 1860). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Luxiaria submonstrata (Walker, 1861).
Luxiaria subrasata (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria tephrosaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Luxiaria turpisaria Walker, 1861.
Luxiaria obliquata Moore, 1888 and Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861 are now placed in Calletaera Warren, 1895.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes -
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Similar species: Luxiaria acutaria (Snellen, 1877)
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes can be distinguished by the following characters from Luxiaria acutaria: the outer margin of the hind wing in the female is almost smooth and not as crenulate as in L. acutaria; the forewing discal spot is smaller, and not extending to the medial line distally; the postmedial lines on the underside of both wings are less distinct.
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- Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925. Novit. zool., 32: 64. Holotype ♂, India: Naga Hills, 5000–6000 ft (BMNH). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243475#page/86/mode/1up
- Luxiaria contigaria Walker, sensu Prout, 1915, in Seitz, Macro Lep. World, 4: 350, pl. 18: l.
- Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099. Pg. 75-77; Fig. 1-5.
- 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. Image 334.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925 – . 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/Luxiaria-mitorrhaphes, accessed 2024/04/28.