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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| Total | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Diplotyla flexiguttalis Warren, 1896. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology, Volume: ser.6:v.17=no.97-102. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54295#page/164/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 238 #4743. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/270/mode/1up
- Singh, N. , R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/953168-Piletocera-flexiguttalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Piletocera flexiguttalis (Warren, 1896) – . 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-flexiguttalis, accessed 2025/10/24.
