Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888 -

Taxonomic Information

Polythlipta Lederer, 1863 species known from India. 
Polythlipta cerealis Lederer, 1863. India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh.   
Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Tamil Nadu (?), Kerala (?). 
Polythlipta divaricata Moore, 1885. India: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka. 
Polythlipta euroalis Swinhoe, 1889. India: NE India, Assam (Sivasagar), West Bengal. 
Polythlipta inconspicua Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya. 
Polythlipta liquidalis Leech, 1889. 
Polythlipta macralis Lederer, 1863. 
Polythlipta ossealis Lederer, 1863. India: Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya; Bhutan. 
Polythlipta peragrata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Polythlipta rivulalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim. 
Polythlipta vagalis Walker, 1866. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
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  1. OD : Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888. Descriptions of Indian Lepidoptera Heterocera from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson.pg 215 & Pl 7 fig 25. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4824364#page/233/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4824364#page/337/mode/1up
  2. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1272295-Polythlipta-distorta
Note: Provisionally identified as Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888. Synonymised with P. macralis in many references, but considered as separate species by Nuss et al. 2022 at http://www.pyraloidea.org. Extensive discussion at https://www.facebook.com/groups/927116764299160/search/?q=Polythlipta%20distorta. Needs investigation to verify validity of taxon and potential synonymy with P. macralis/P. divaricata.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/polythlipta-distorta, accessed 2024/03/28.