Taxonomic Information
Omiodes Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on Nuss et al. 2022):
Omiodes albociliata (Moore, 1888). (Charema). India: West Bengal (Kolkatta: TL).
Omiodes annubilata (Swinhoe, 1894) (Charema). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji: TL).
Omiodes diemenalis (Guenée, 1854) (Asopia). India; Sri Lanka.
Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775) (Phalaena). Indian subcontinent
Omiodes fuscipennis (Swinhoe, 1894) (Charema). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji: TL).
Omiodes granulata (Warren, 1896) (Pachyzancla). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL).
Omiodes lentalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Botys). India: “Bengal” (TL).
Omiodes longipennis (Warren, 1896) (Charema). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL).
Omiodes maculicostalis (Hampson, 1893) (Coenostola). Sri Lanka (TL), Nagas.
Omiodes milvinalis (Swinhoe, 1886) (Deba). India: Maharashtra (Pune: TL).
Omiodes noctescens (Moore, 1888) (Charema). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL).
Omiodes ovenalis Swinhoe, 1906. India: Andaman Is. (Port Blair: TL).
Omiodes origoalis (Walker, 1859) (Botys). NE India.
Omiodes pernitescens (Swinhoe, 1894) (Charema). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji: TL).
Omiodes similis (Moore, 1885) (Acharana). Sri Lanka (TL).
Omiodes subalbidalis (Swinhoe, 1894) (Charema). India: Meghalaya (Shillong, Cherrapunji: TL).
Omiodes surrectalis (Walker, [1866]) (Deba). India: West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Hedylepta contubernalis Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. TL: Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/226/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 Figs. Pg 387. Listed as a synonym of Isocentris (Hyalobathra) opheltesalis.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1236835-Omiodes-contubernalis
Note: This species has been provisionally identified given the lack of specimen images and plates in the literature.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Omiodes contubernalis (Moore, 1888) – . 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/omiodes-contubernalis, accessed 2024/04/27.