Sasunaga tenebrosa (Moore, 1867) -

Taxonomic Information

Sasunaga Moore, 1881 species known from India and Nepal. 
Sasunaga longiplaga Warren, 1912. Nepal; NE India.
Sasunaga interrupta Warren, 1912. Nepal. 
Sasunaga tenebrosa (Moore, 1867). Indian Subregion. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Sasunaga tenebrosa -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh1
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  1. OD: Hadena tenebrosa Moore, 1867. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pg. 59. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/59/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Magusa tenebrosa Moore; Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 7: 58 # 2795, Pl. 109, fig 10. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/58/mode/1up?view=theater &Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n257/mode/2up?view=theater
  3. Moore,F. 1884-7. Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3, pg. 16, pl. 145/7. 
  4. Magusa tenebrosa; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 226, # 1771, Fig. 128. 
  5. Seitz, A. (Ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 11, pg. 120 & Pl. 15c
  6. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 16/3.
  7. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Bangkok, Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand. 625 pp., 55 pls. Pl 45/13 & 14.
  8. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_14_1.php
  9. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=281972
  10. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hade/tenebrosa.html
  11. https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268945
  12. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/503317-Sasunaga-tenebrosa

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Sasunaga tenebrosa (Moore, 1867) – . 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/Sasunaga-tenebrosa, accessed 2024/04/26.