Sacada pallescens Hampson, 1896 -

Taxonomic Information

Sacada Walker, 1862 species known from India. 
Sacada approximans (Leech, 1889). Myanmar; India.
Sacada constrictalis (Ragonot, 1891). India: Upper Assam.
Sacada discinota (Moore, [1866]). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Sacada dzonguensis Singh, Kirti & Ranjan in Singh, Kirti, Ranjan, Chandra & Speidel, 2020. India: Sikkim.
Sacada inordinata (Walker, 1865). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Sacada fasciata (Butler, 1878). Myanmar; India.
Sacada pallescens Hampson, 1896. Bhutan; India: Sikkim.
Sacada pyraliformis (Moore, 1879). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Sacada rufina Hampson, 1896. India: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Sacada sikkima (Moore, 1879). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Sacada umtasorensis Singh, Kirti & Ranjan in Singh, Kirti, Ranjan, Chandra & Speidel, 2020. India: Umtasor, Meghalaya.
Sacada unilinealis Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
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Assam
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Jammu and Kashmir
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Karnataka
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Maharashtra
Manipur
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Nagaland1
Odisha
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Sacada pallescens Hampson, 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 171.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 127/17.
  3. Singh, N., Kirti, J.S., Ranjan, R., Chandra, K. and Speidel, W., 2020. On the taxonomy of the genus Sacada Walker, 1862 from India, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera). ZooKeys, 962, p.139. Pg. 154, Fig. 12, 13.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Sacada pallescens Hampson, 1896 – . 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/sacada-pallescens, accessed 2024/03/29.