Taxonomic Information
Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Pangrapta albistigma (Hampson, 1898). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL); Nepal.
Pangrapta cinerea (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala: TL).
Pangrapta ferrugineiceps (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan (TL).
Pangrapta grisangula (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL). Probably a synonym of Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852).
Pangrapta molybdina Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya.
Pangrapta pannosa (Moore, 1882). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Pangrapta perturbans (Walker, 1858). Bangladesh.
Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852). India: “Nilgiris”, Maharashtra; Bangladesh (Sylhet). Indo-Australian tropics.
Pangrapta sublineata Holloway, 2005. NE Himalaya.
Pangrapta talusalis (Walker, [1859]). India.
Pangrapta transducta Hampson, 1926. Myanmar.
Pangrapta trimantesalis (Walker, [1859]). Nepal; Bangladesh; NE Himalaya.
Pangrapta vaga (Walker, 1865). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bhutan; Bangladesh (Sylhet: TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pangrapta pannosa -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 2 |
- OD: Saraca pannosa Moore, 1882. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson 2, pg 182. TL: Cherrapunji, Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/182/mode/1up?view=theater
- Zethes duplicilinea; Hampson, G. F. 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. 8, #2722. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120138#page/44/mode/1up. Synonymised with pannosa.
- 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 536, #2725. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20790729#page/568/mode/1up. Removed from synonymy with perturbans.
- 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 536. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20790729#page/568/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 116/9.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 70, Pl. 17/1-2.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/pangraptini/pangraptini_1_15.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/417494-Pangrapta-pannosa
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=282231
- https://twmoth.tbri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothInfo/299074
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pangrapta pannosa (Moore, 1882) – . 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/pangrapta-pannosa, accessed 2025/11/02.