Taxonomic Information
Aiteta Walker, 1856 species known from India (Joshi et al. 2021):
Aiteta apriformis (Walker, 1857). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Aiteta brooksi Holloway, 1976. IndiaL Andaman Is..
Aiteta damnipennis (Walker, 1865). Indian subregion.
Aiteta musculina Walker, 1856. India: Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Aiteta rufoflava (Walker, [1857]). India: Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
Aiteta rufula Warren, 1912. India: Meghalaya (TL).
Aiteta trigoniphora (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (TL), Himalayan region.
Aiteta trunctata (Walker, 1858) is treated as a synonym of Aiteta musculina Walker, 1856.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Aiteta apriformis -
Similar species: Aiteta damnipennis (Walker, 1865)
- OD as Phanaca damnipennis Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 857. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/857/mode/1up
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_1_2.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/699940-Aiteta-damnipennis
- Kononenko, Vladimir. 2013. Moths of Thailand Vol. 3 Noctuoidea: An illustrated Catalogue of Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in Thailand. Plate 28/3-5.
- Aiteta damnipennis (Walker, 1865); Hampson, G. F. 1912. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Vol. 11, Pg. 534, #6914.
- Brada damnipennis; Hampson, 1893. Ill. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 9. Pg. 101, Plate 159/7.
Keys to separate the similar species:
Aiteta apriformis: forewing with postmedial excurved from costa to vein 4, then slightly incurved.
Aiteta damnipennis : forewing with postmedial excurved below costa and incurved at the discal fold and below vein 4.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101549#page/557/mode/1up
Also, the antemedial in damnipennis is sinuous, while in apriformis it is straight and oblique.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Capotena apriformis Walker, 1857. List of the Specimens of lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 11: 715. TL: Sri Lanka (female).
- Aiteta apriformis (Walker, 1857); Hampson, G. F. 1912. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Vol. 11, Pg. 533, #6913, Plate 188/5.
- Kononenko, Vladimir. 2013. Moths of Thailand Vol. 3 Noctuoidea: An illustrated Catalogue of Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in Thailand. Plate 28/6-7.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Aiteta apriformis (Walker, 1857) – . 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/aiteta-apriformis, accessed 2024/04/19.