Taxonomic Information
Ziridava Walker [1863] species known from India (Forum Herbulot).
Ziridava khasiensis Prout, 1958. NE India. Previously treated as a subspecies of Ziridava xylinaria Walker, 1863.
Ziridava rubridisca (Hampson, 1891) (Menophra). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Ziridava rufinigra rufinigra (Swinhoe, 1895) (Xiridava). India.
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Similar species: Ziridava khasiensis Prout, 1958 from NE India.
Ziridava xylinaria khasiensis Prout, 1958. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol. 6, pg. 436, Fig. 2. TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/472/mode/1up
Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/500/mode/1up
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- Menophra rubridisca Hampson, 1891. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, Vol. 8, pg. 106, Pl. 150/8. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/116/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/177/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 392 as Chloroclystis xylinaria with Menophra rubridisca as its synonym.
- Schmidt, O., 2015. List of primary types of the larentiine moth species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) described from Indonesia-a starting point for biodiversity assessment of the subfamily in the region. Biodiversity Data Journal, (3). For tribal placement.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. no. 47.
- Schmidt, O. and Tautel, C , 2022. Notes on the Indo-Australian genus Ziridava Walker (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae), with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 5100(1), pp.105-118.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=676653
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1387741-Ziridava-rubridisca
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ziridava rubridisca (Hampson, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Ziridava-rubridisca, accessed 2025/11/03.