Monocerotesa strigata (Warren, 1893) -

Taxonomic Information

Monocerotesa Wehrli, 1937 species known from India. 
Monocerotesa radiata (Warren, 1897). India: West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.  
Monocerotesa strigata strigata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim, Naga Hills. 
Monocerotesa connexa (Warren, 1901).  India: West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of Monocerotesa strigata

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh211
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total221
  1. OD: Chiasmia strigata Warren, 1893. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 2: 412, pl. 31, f. 22. TL: Sikkim, Naga Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen93scie/page/412/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen93scie/page/n445/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. 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 320. 
  3. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_51_1.php
  4. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=408284
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/417496-Monocerotesa-strigata

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Monocerotesa strigata (Warren, 1893) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Monocerotesa-strigata, accessed 2024/03/28.