Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856) -

Taxonomic Information

Sesamia Guenée, 1852 species known from India.
Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857. India. 
Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913. Sri Lanka.
Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856). Indo-Australian tropics. 
Sesamia pallida (Butler, 1883). India: Madhya Pradesh. 
Sesamia uniformis (Dudgeon, 1905). India: Gujarat, “Bengal”. 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Sesamia inferens -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh2
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1114
  1. OD: Leucania inferens Walker, 1856. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 105; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimens09brit/page/105/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Sesamia inferens; Hampson, 1910. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327, f. 144; Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid09brituoft/page/327/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. 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. 284, # 1943 as Nonagria inferens. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 15/15. 
  5. 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 47/10-11. 
  6. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_10_1.php
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856) – . 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/sesamia-inferens, accessed 2024/03/29.