Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Anabelcia kala -
Similar species: Anabelcia nepalensis (Harutai, 1993)
Based on Behounek & Kononenko (2012a), Anabelcia kala (Figs 2–5) and Anabelcia nepalensis (Figs 6–8).
Diagnosis: Externally A. nepalensis easily can be distinguished from A. kala by presence of dark brown or blackish suffusion in the mid-section of medial field below Cu trunk (not expressed in A. kala), less developed dentate lines in the medial field and uninterrupted brown submedial field (in A. kala it is interrupted in the mid-section, forming isolated subapical and tornal brown patches).
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- Belciana kala Prout, 1924. Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 442, pl. 15, f. 6; TL: Sumatra, Barisan Range, Mt Korintji. Text at https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofh112192122hill#page/442/mode/1up
- Behounek, G. & Kononenko, V.S. (2012a). A revision of the”Belciana” kala Prout, 1924 species group with description of a new genus and two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae,contribution VI. Zootaxa, 3590, 1–15. Figs 2–5.
- Behounek, G. & Kononenko, V.S. (2012b) A revision of the”Belciana” viridipicta (Hampson, 1902) species group with description of a new genus and two new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, Contribution VII. Zootaxa, 3590, 37–50.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Anabelcia kala (Prout, 1924) – . 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/anabelcia-kala, accessed 2024/04/20.