Taxonomic Information
Patania Moore, 1888 species from the Indian subcontinent (Singh et al 2022).
Patania aedilis (Meyrick, 1887). India: Meghalaya (Khasis).
Patania aegrotalis (Zeller, 1852). India: Nilgiris, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh.
Patania balteata (Fabricius, 1798). India: throughout India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Patania caletoralis (Walker, 1859). N. India (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Patania characteristica (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Patania concatenalis (Walker, [1866]). India: West Bengal TL: (Darjeeling), Assam, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Patania costalis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman Is.
Patania deficiens (Moore, [1886]). India: S. India, Assam, West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Patania flavispila (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (TL: Cherrapunji).
Patania fraterna (Moore, [1886]). India: Nilgiris, Assam, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka (TL).
Patania imbecilis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal TL: (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andaman Is.
Patania jatingaensis (Rose & Singh, 1989). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam.
Patania menoni (Kirti & Gill, 2007). India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL: Tirap).
Patania mysisalis (Walker, 1859). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Sikkim, Goa, Nilgiris, Kerala.
Patania orobenalis (Snellen, 1880). India: Sikkim.
Patania palliventralis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim (TL), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Patania punctimarginalis (Hampson, 1896). India: Sikkim (TL), Bihar.
Patania ruralis (Scopoli, 1763). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Patania sabinusalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himalaya, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Nilgiris,
Patania scinisalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himalaya, Meghalaya, Sikkim (TL), Assam, Andaman Is.
Patania shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022. India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Patania tardalis (Snellen, 1880). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Patania ultimalis (Walker, 1859). India: Assam; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Patania verecunda (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu.
Numerous species in Patania Moore, 1888 have now shifted to the genus Purpurata Xue, Lu & Du, 2024: Purpurata directa Xue, Lu & Du, 2024, Purpurata iopasalis (Walker, 1859), Purpurata obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998, Purpurata plagiatalis (Walker, 1859), Purpurata shompen Singh & Ahmad, 2022.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Patania costalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 |
- Botyodes costalis Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. Pg. 221; TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/239/mode/1up
- 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. 331, # 4963. As Sylepta costalis.
- Kirti, J.S. and Gill, N.S., 2007. Revival of genus Patania Moore and reporting of a new species menoni (Pyraustinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of Entomological Research, 31(3), pp.265-275.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 22 is incorrectly mentioned as Patania scinisalis but should be Patania costalis.
- http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=344322
- https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/101466607
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Patania costalis (Moore, 1888) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/patania-costalis, accessed 2026/01/31.