Psilotagma pictaria (Moore, 1888) -

Taxonomic Information

Psilotagma decorata Warren, 1894
Psilotagma decorata Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (4): 678; TL: Bhutan. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi01lond/page/678/mode/1up?view=theater
Pitkin, L. M., H. Hongxiang  & S. James. 2007. Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. Fig. 31. 

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  1. OD: Pachyodes pictaria Moore, 1888. Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson, pg. 248. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/266/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 475, #4021. As Pseudoterpna pictaria
  3. Seitz, A. (Ed), 1932. Macro. Lep. Vol. 12, pg. 55. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 2/13.
  5. Pitkin, L. M., H. Hongxiang  & S. James. 2007. Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. For transfer from Pachyodes to Psilotagma
  6. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 97.10 as Pachyodes pictaria.
  7. Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P., Hausmann, A., Holm, S., Ghanavi, H. R., Õunap, E., Truuverk, A., Staude, H., Friedrich, E., Tammaru, T. 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ 7, p.e7386: 1-39. For tribal placement. 
  8. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196371
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Psilotagma pictaria (Moore, 1888) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/psilotagma-pictaria, accessed 2024/04/18.