Parasynegia diffusaria (Moore, [1868]) -

Taxonomic Information

Parasynegia Warren, 1893 species known from India.
Parasynegia atomaria Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Parasynegia complicata Warren, 1893. India: Naga Hills.
Parasynegia diffusaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal (TL), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Parasynegia lidderdalii (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Parasynegia macularia Warren, 1894. India: Sikkim. 
Parasynegia nigriclavata Warren, 1897. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Parasynegia pluristriata (Walter, 1863). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam, Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala); Nepal.
Parasynegia rufinervis Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Parasynegia submissa Warren, 1894.

Parasynegia vitticostata (Walker, [1863]). Now placed as Platycerota vitticostata
Parasynegia suffusa Warren, 1893. Now placed as Yashmakia suffusa (Warren, 1893).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total121
  1. Anisodes diffusaria Moore, [1868]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 641; TL: Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/641/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg 21 70/2. 
  3. Synegia diffusaria;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 166, # 3145. 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/705451-Parasynegia-diffusaria
  5. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=274460. Might an error in ID. 
  6. https://www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-404224

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Parasynegia diffusaria (Moore, [1868]) – . 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/parasynegia-diffusaria, accessed 2025/10/16.