Ptyomaxia swinhoeella (Ragonot, 1893) -

Taxonomic Information

Ptyomaxia Hampson, 1903 species known from the Indian region. 
Ptyomaxia syntaractis (Turner, 1904). India: Maharashtra; Australia (TL). 
Ptyomaxia nebulosella (Ragonot, 1893). Myanmar.
Ptyomaxia swinhoeella (Ragonot, 1893). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka; Myanmar. 
Ptyomaxia trigonifera Hampson, 1903. Sri Lanka.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
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Daman & Diu
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Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
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Lakshadweep
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Meghalaya
Mizoram
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  1. Palibothra swinhoeella Ragonot, 1893. Mémoires sur les lépidoptères Vol. 7, Pg. 311, pl. 14/fig. 10. 
  2. Coleothrix swinhoeella; Du, Y., Song, S. and Wu, C., 2007. A review on Addyme-Calguia-Coleothrix genera complex (Lepidoptera: pyralidae: phycitinae), with one new species from China. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 133(1), pp.143-153.
  3. Coleothrix swinhoeella; Roger Kendrick Phd Plate 11/6. 
  4. Addyme swinhoeella Ragonot, 1893 on Lepindex. 
  5. Roesler & Küppers 1979: 103 (Coleothrix)
  6. Singh, N., Ranjan, R., Talukdar, A., Joshi, R., Kirti, J.S., Chandra, K. and Mally, R., 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5197(1), pp.1-423. Pg. 109. Reports as Ptyomaxia swinhoeella (Ragonot, 1893)
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/554271-Ptyomaxia-swinhoeella
  8. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Ptyomaxia swinhoeella (Ragonot, 1893) – . 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/ptyomaxia-swinhoeella, accessed 2025/10/30.