Taxonomic Information
Negeta Walker, 1862 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Negeta contrariata Walker, 1862. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka. Negeta signata is a synonym.
Negeta olivaria (Warren, 1916). India: Sikkim.
Negeta signata (Walker, [1863]). India.
Negeta soliera (Swinhoe, 1895). India: Meghalaya; Nepal. Possibly a synonym of Negeta contrariata.
Negeta straminea (Hampson, 1891). India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri district), Maharashtra.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Doranaga straminea Hampson, 1891. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum Part 8, pg 92, Pl. 147, fig 17. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/102/mode/1up & Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/171/mode/1up
- Doranaga straminea; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 362, #2187 & fig 196. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67891#page/390/mode/1up
- Joshi, R., Singh, N. & Kuni, N., 2021. A catalogue of Nolidae Bruand, 1846 from India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5034(1), pp.1-112. Pg. 84.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1292603-Negeta-straminea
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Negeta straminea (Hampson, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/negeta-straminea, accessed 2025/09/16.