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
Similar species: Piletocera concisalis (Walker, 1859).
- Desmia concisalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 17: 345. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951701#page/365/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 237.
- Danaga concisalis Walker, 1859; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (2): 272, Pl. 179/3. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9340401#page/294/mode/1up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/707310-Piletocera-concisalis
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 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 Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Desmia sodalis Leech, 1889. The Entomologist. Pg. 79, pl. 4/6. TL: Japan. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11410699#page/95/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11410699#page/86/mode/1up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/793892-Piletocera-sodalis
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=496079
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Piletocera_sodalis.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Piletocera sodalis (Leech, 1889) – . 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-sodalis, accessed 2025/11/01.