Risoba prominens Moore, 1881 -

Taxonomic Information

Risoba Moore, 1881 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Risoba basalis Moore, 1882. India. 
Risoba diphteroides Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Risoba diversipennis (Walker, 1858). India: Punjab, Himalayan Region, Meghalaya; Myanmar.
Risoba flavipennis Hampson, 1895. India; Bhutan; Nepal. 
Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881. India; Sri Lanka.
Risoba obscurivialis Holloway, 2003. India: N.E. Himalaya, West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Risoba prominens Moore,1882. India; Sri Lanka.
Risoba repugnans (Walker, 1856). Indo-Australian tropics. 
Risoba variegata (Moore, 1882). West Bengal; Nepal. 
Risoba vitellina (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Sikkim; Nepal.
Risoba vialis Moore, 1882. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, N.E. Himalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Risoba prominens -


Similar species: Risoba olivens Bethune-Baker, 1906 (extralimital)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/857242-Risoba-olivens
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/risobinae/risobinae_1_21.php
Moths of Borneo link above lists differences.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
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
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total11111
  1. OD: Risoba prominens Moore, 1881. Trans ent. Soc. Lond. 1881: 329. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen81zool#page/328/mode/1up
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 42/25-26. 
  3. 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. 140.26.
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/519474-Risoba-prominens
  5. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=282190
     

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Risoba prominens Moore, 1881 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Risoba-prominens, accessed 2024/12/03.