Pachyodes haemataria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Pachyodes Guenée [1858] known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Pachyodes apicalis apicalis (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Pachyodes costistrigaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Pachyodes haemataria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]). India: Central India.
Pachyodes leopardinata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Pachyodes molleri (Warren 1893). India: Sikkim.
Pachyodes ornataria Moore, 1888. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Pachyodes pictaria Moore, 1888. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Pachyodes pratti (Prout, 1927). India: Tinsukhia, Assam.
Pachyodes varicoloraria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Separating Pachyodes haemataria and Pachyodes ornataria:

Forewing upperside: basal lines are closer together in ornataria, resulting in a narrower olive band compared to haemataria. Hindwing upperside: cell streak smaller in ornataria, sometimes red to reddish-black. In haemataria, the long cell streak is prominent, black and straight. Underside: Pachyodes ornataria has diffused blackish-brown markings near the base of both wings, which haemataria lacks. On the forewing underside, ornataria lacks the prominent black mid-cell and postdiscal spots present in haemataria. On the hindwing underside, ornataria has a black discal spot (somewhat diffused), which haemataria lacks.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh4121
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total14321
  1. OD: Terpna haemataria Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 37, 1:80, 1 (11) pl. 41, f. 205-206. Plate at http://archive.org/stream/sammlungneuerode01herr#page/n218/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 476, #4013 as Pseudoterpna haemataria
  3. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=456352 [accessed 19 June 2018]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pachyodes haemataria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) – . 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/pachyodes-haemataria, accessed 2024/04/19.