Taxonomic Information
Ozarba Walker, 1865 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Ozarba albimarginata (Hampson, 1895). India: Gujarat.
Ozarba badia (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Ozarba bipars Hampson, 1891. India: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat (?).
Ozarba delogramma Warren, 1913. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ozarba excisa Hampson, 1891. India: Tamil Nadu.
Ozarba glaucescens Hampson, 1910. India: Andhra Pradesh.
Ozarba hemiphaea (Hampson, 1907). India: Andhra Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Ozarba honesta (Walker, 1865). S. India.
Ozarba hypenoides (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra.
Ozarba illosis (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka.
Ozarba incondita Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Ozarba itwarra Swinhoe, 1885. India: Maharashtra.
Ozarba lamina (Swinhoe, 1901). Myanmar.
Ozarba limitata Berio, 1940. India: Sikkim.
Ozarba mallarba Swinhoe, 1885. India: Maharashtra, Punjab.
Ozarba metallica (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Ozarba molybdota Hampson, 1910. Sri Lanka.
Ozarba pallida Hampson, 1910. India: Gujarat.
Ozarba phlebitis Hampson, 1910. India: Uttar Pradesh.
Ozarba punctigera Walker, 1865. India: Maharashtra; Nepal.
Ozarba rectifascia (Hampson, 1894). India: Maharashtra.
Ozarba rectificata Berio, 1950. India: Madhya Pradesh.
Ozarba reducta Berio, 1940. India: Karnataka.
Ozarba rufula Hampson, 1910. India: Gujarat.
Ozarba semirubra Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu.
Ozarba subdentula Hampson, 1910. Sri Lanka.
Ozarba transversa (Moore, [1884]). Sri Lanka.
Ozarba uberosa (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Maharashtra.
Ozarba umbrifera Hampson, 1910. India: Gujarat.
Ozarba venata Butler, 1889.India: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ozarba venata -
Ozarba mallarba Swinhoe, 1885 and Ozarba punctigera Walker, 1865 are similar looking species.
Ozarba punctigera Walker, 1865 has the post-medial line beyond the dark medial band as straight, while it is sinuous in venata.
Metachrostis punctigera, FBI, Moths of India, Hampson, Vol 2 pg 329, #2081.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/punctigera.html
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=283084
Ozarba mallarba Swinhoe, 1885 has has the post-medial line as straight, while it is sinuous in venata. The basal and ante-medial lines in mallarba are double pale lines.
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| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | 1 |
- OD : Ozarba venata Butler, 1889. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum, 7, pg. 69 & Pl. 130/12. TL: Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/79/mode/1up.
- Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/153/mode/1up
- Metachrostis venata, Butler. 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. 330, # 2086.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1913. Macro. Lep. Vol. 11, pg. 270. Reports from Kashmir and plains of Punjab.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 136/13
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=749253
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ozarba_Venata#Diagnose-Maennchen
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Ozarba venata Butler, 1889 – . 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/ozarba-venata, accessed 2024/10/14.