Taxonomic Information
Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on Lewvanich, 1981)
Scirpophaga auristrigella (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan; India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasis),, Assam.
Scirpophaga aurivena (Hampson, 1903). India: Meghalaya (Khasis).
Scirpophaga brunnealis (Hampson, 1919). Nepal; Mayanmar.
Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker, 1863). Pakistan; Nepal; Bangladesh; India: North India.
Scirpophaga flavidorsalis (Hampson, 1919). Bhutan.
Scirpophaga fusciflua Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka; Nepal; India: North India.
Scirpophaga gilviberbis Zeller, 1863. Myanmar; India: West Bengal (Kolkata).
Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863) – Yellow Stem Borer. India: Tamil Nadu, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Nagaland, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chandigarh.
Scirpophaga khasis Lewvanich, 1981. India: Meghalaya (Khasis).
Scirpophaga lineata (Butler, 1879). Nepal; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India: NE India, Meghalaya (Khasis), Uttarakhand.
Scirpophaga magnella de Joannis, 1929. Pakistan; Nepal; India: North India.
Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius, 1794). Nepal; Bangladesh: Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: West Bengal (Kolkata), Andaman Islands.
Scirpophaga virginia Schultze, 1908. Sri Lanka; Bangladesh.
Scirpophaga whalleyi Lewvanich, 1981. Sri Lanka; India: West Bengal (Kolkata), Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Scirpophaga xanthogastrella (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka; Nepal; India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
- Apurima lineata Butler, 1879; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 4 (24): 457; TL: Japan. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof541879lond/page/457/mode/1up
- Schoenobius lineatus; Hampson, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 917. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen95scie/page/917/mode/1up
- Scirpophaga lineata; Lewvanich, 1981, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 42 (4): 240. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis42entolond/page/240/mode/1up
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/909381-Scirpophaga-lineata
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Scirpophaga lineata (Butler, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/scirpophaga-lineata, accessed 2026/05/06.