Taxonomic Information
Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 species known from India, Nepal & Myanmar.
Phlogophora albovittata (Moore, 1867). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur; Nepal.
Phlogophora burmana (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora butvili Gyulai & Saldaitis, 2019. Myanmar.
Phlogophora calamistrata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Sikkim; Bhutan.
Phlogophora conservuloides (Hampson, 1898). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora costalis (Moore, 1882). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora discisignata (Moore, 1867). India: Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Bhutan
Phlogophora distorta (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora gustavssoni (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora humilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora malaisei (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora meticulodina (Draudt, 1950). India: Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora nobilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora pectinata (Warren, 1888). India: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; Nepal.
Phlogophora plumbeola (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora similis Bandyopadhyay, Mallick, Sanyal & Chandra 2021. India: West Bengal
Phlogophora sinuata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjiling), Sikkim; Nepal.
Phlogophora striatovirens (Moore, 1867). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora szecsenyii Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Phlogophora violacea (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Phlogophora striatovirens (Moore, 1867), which was considered a synonym by Hampson, but is now considered a valid species, and is quite distinct morphologically.
Bandyopadhyay, U., Dey, R., Bhattacharyya, K., Mallick, K., Mazumder, A., Gayen, S., Das, M., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K., Kumar, V. and Uniyal, V.P., 2021. Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5004(2), pp.311-342. Fig. 17.
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Euplexia discisignata Moore, 1867; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 57, pl. 6, f. 9; TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/57/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/n1132/mode/1up
- Euplexia discisignata; Hampson, 1908, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 7: 232. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/232/mode/1up
- 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. 213.
- Euplexia discisignata; Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 62/29.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pg. 328, Pl. 45/29-31.
- Gyulai, P. and Saldaitis, A., 2019. A new species of Phlogophora Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from China. Zootaxa, 4646(2), pp.322-330.
- Bandyopadhyay, U., Dey, R., Bhattacharyya, K., Mallick, K., Mazumder, A., Gayen, S., Das, M., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K., Kumar, V. and Uniyal, V.P., 2021. Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5004(2), pp.311-342. Pg. 332, Fig. 18.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1277351-Phlogophora-discisignata
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Phlogophora discisignata (Moore, 1867) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/phlogophora-discisignata, accessed 2026/04/10.