Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775) -

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 contubernalis (Moore, 1888). India: "Bengal": 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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh221
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat112
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka241
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1132
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1211
West Bengal1
Total35216851

Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775): Arachis hypogaea, Crotalaria juncea, Glycine max, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Vigna radiata, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae), Trichosanthes cucumerina (Cucurbitaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. Image 29. 
  2. http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/omiodes%20indicata.html [accessed 08 July 2017]
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omiodes_indicata
  4. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/indicata.html [accessed 12 October 2020]

Page citation

Singh, R. P. 2024. Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775) – . 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-indicata, accessed 2024/04/16.