Taxonomic Information
Zamarada Moore, [1887] species known from India.
Zamarada baliata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). Himalaya; Sri Lanka.
Zamarada dilata Walia & Sharanpreet, 2014. Himachal Pradesh.
Zamarada eogenaria cosmiaria Swinhoe, 1893. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Myanmar.
Zamarada excisa Hampson, 1891. Nilgiris.
Zamarada gudalurensis Kirti & Saxena 2019. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Zamarada imphalensis Walia & Sharanpreet, 2014. Imphal, Manipur.
Zamarada pseudobaliata Sood, 2009. Punjab.
Zamarada scriptifasciata (Walker, [1863]). Sikkim.
Zamarada symmetra Fletcher, 1874. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Zamarada valvata Kirti & Saxena, 2019. Mizoram.
Zamarada baliata, Zamarada scriptifasciata and Zamarada valvata are similar species; best separated by genitalia.
Zamarada pseudobaliata and Zamarada gudalurensis are similar species; best separated by genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Zamarada spp. : Cassia fistula (Fabaceae), Hypericum spp. (Hypericaceae), Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Fletcher, D. S. 1974. A revision of the Old World genus Zamarada (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 22: 1-498.
- Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. 296 pp. Nature Books of India, New Delhi.
Other Notes
Larval Host Plants:
Zamarada spp. : Cassia fistula (Fabaceae), Hypericum spp. (Hypericaceae), Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Zamarada spp. Moore, [1887] – . 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/zamarada-spp, accessed 2024/04/19.