Taxonomic Information
Volobilis Walker, 1863 species known from India, based on Singh et al 2022.
Volobilis biplaga Walker, 1863. India; Sri Lanka.
Volobilis chloropterella (Hampson, 1896). India: Kerala; Sri Lanka (TL); Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Volobilis biplaga Walker, 1863
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 95, # 44021 as Phyctia biplaga.
Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 11/31.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202233-Volobilis-biplaga
Volobilis biplaga has a pale oblique ante-medial line and a quadrate costal spot on forewing.
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- OD: Phyctia chloropterella Hampson, 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 92, # 4391. For female.
- Inoue, H., S. Sugi, H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti & A. Kawabe. (1982). Moths of Japan. Vol. 2 Tokyo: Kodansha.Pl. 47/50 for male.
- Singh, N. , R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Pyralidae/Phycitinae/Volobilis_chloropterella.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volobilis_chloropterella
- https://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/MothQuery?F=Pyralidae&G=Volobilis&S=Volobilis%20chloropterella
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/909376-Volobilis-chloropterella
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Volobilis chloropterella (Hampson, 1896) – . 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/Volobilis-chloropterella, accessed 2024/12/03.