Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775) -

Taxonomic Information

Nausinoe Hübner, 1825 species known from India. 
Nausinoe ejectata (Fabricius, 1775). India. 
Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854). Bangladesh; India: Central India. 
Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775). Sri Lanka, India. 

Nausinoe pueritia (Cramer, 1780) is considered a synonym of Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam1
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi3
Goa
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Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala3
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra12123
Manipur
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Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga1138
Pondicherry1
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Tamil Nadu
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11121
West Bengal
Total13399132

Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775): Nyctanthes arbor-tristis (Oleaceae) (Shashank & Pal 2021 In: Sondhi et al. 2021); Jasminum sambac, Spinacia oleracea (Amaranthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Phalaena perspectata Fabricius, 1775. Syst. Ent. 640. TL: India. 
  2. Robinson, G.S., K.R.Tuck, M. Shaffer & K. Cook. 1994. The Smaller Moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur pg 185, pl 31/2.
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=271079 [accessed 03 October 2016].
  4. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/50_PYRALOIDEA/Crambidae/63.9_Pyraustinae/Nausinoe/Nausinoe%20pueritia/Nausinoe%20pueritia.htm [accessed 03 October 2016]
  5. Herbison-Evans, D. & S. Crossley. Caterpillars (and Butterflies and Moths) of Australia. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/puerit.html [accessed 03 October 2016]
  6. Nuss, M., Landry, B., Mally, R. , Vegliante, F. , Tränkner, A. , Bauer, F. , Hayden, J. , Segerer, A. , Schouten, R. , Li, H. , Trofimova, T. , Solis, M. A. ,De Prins, J., Speidel, W.  2003–2020: Global Information System on Pyraloidea. (http://www.pyraloidea.org (accessed on 10 October 2020). Taxon updated from Nausinoe pueritia to Nausinoe perspectata on 10 Oct 2020. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/nausinoe-perspectata, accessed 2024/10/13.