Taxonomic Information
Orthobrachia Warren, 1895 species known from India.
Orthobrachia hirowatarii Huang & Stüning, 2016. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Orthobrachia flavidior Hampson,1898. India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Orthobrachia latifasciata (Moore, 1888). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (TL), Sikkim; Nepal.
Orthobrachia tenebrosa Yazaki, 1992. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Orthobrachia owadai Yazaki, 1992. India: West Sikkim; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 7/9.
- Huang, G-H, Su, Z-Y. & Stüning, D. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the genus Orthobrachia Warren, with description of a new species from China and Thailand (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). ZooKeys 609: 121-137. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.609.8288
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Orthobrachia flavidior Hampson,1898 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/orthobrachia-flavidior, accessed 2025/10/27.