Taxonomic Information
Piletocera Lederer, 1863 species known from India (Singh et al. 2022).
Piletocera aegimiusalis (Walker, 1859). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam, Uttarakhand, Andaman Is., Kerala; Nepal.
Piletocera albilunata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya.
Piletocera concisalis (Walker, 1859). India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Piletocera costipunctata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya.
Piletocera discalis Hampson, 1903. India: Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Piletocera discisignalis Hampson, 1917. India: Assam.
Piletocera elongalis (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya.
Piletocera exuvialis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Piletocera flavidiscalis Hampson, 1917. India: Sikkim.
Piletocera flexiguttalis Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.
Piletocera maculifrons Hampson, 1917. India: Assam, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Piletocera metochrealis Hampson, 1917. India: West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Piletocera nudicornis Hampson, 1897. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Piletocera octosemalis Hampson, 1896. India: Himalaya, Karnataka, Sikkim; Myanmar.
Piletocera sodalis (Leech, 1889). India: Kerala, Assam.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Desmia aegimiusalis Walker, 1859. Cat. Lep. 19:929. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51974838#page/143/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. 236.
- Sohn, J.C., Kim, S.S. and Choi, S.W., 2021. Three Species of Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) New to Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 37 (1), 33–38. Pg. 36, Fig. 1C.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273286
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/752250-Piletocera-aegimiusalis
- https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-384593
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piletocera_aegimiusalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Piletocera aegimiusalis (Walker, 1859) – . 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/piletocera-aegimiusalis, accessed 2025/10/14.