Taxonomic Information
Marasmia Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Marasmia exigua (Butler, 1879). India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu.
Marasmia poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833). Throughout India.
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854). India: "N. India", "S. India", Sikkim, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttara Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Samea exigua Butler, 1879. Ann. Mag. nat. hist. 5 (5): 453. TL: Japan. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25160028#page/467/mode/1up
- MON, Part 5, Pl. 30.
- Cnaphalocrocis exigua; Varun, S., K, Ramaraju & N. Chitra. 2017. Revision of the genus Cnaphalocrocis (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) occurring on rice in Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, ISSN, pp.0975-3710. Fig. 12 & 13.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1273861-Marasmia-exigua
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Marasmia exigua (Butler, 1879) – . 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/marasmia-exigua, accessed 2025/11/03.