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
Ptyomaxia syntaractis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Ptyomaxia syntaractis (Turner, 1904): Avicennia marina (Acanthaceae) (Rishi et al 2020).
- OD: Nephopteryx syntaractis Turner, 1904. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, v15-18 pg 145-146. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13923529#page/773/mode/1up
- Rishi, R.R., Swetha, P. and Sundararaj, R., 2020. Record of Ptyomaxia syntaractis Turner, 1904 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) as a Major Insect Pest of Avicennia marina and Detection of Bacterial Pathogen Myroides odoratus in the Mangroves of Maharashtra. Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci, 8(4), pp.363-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8255
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=362253
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496893-Ptyomaxia-syntaractis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ptyomaxia syntaractis (Turner, 1904) – . 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-syntaractis, accessed 2025/10/30.