Taxonomic Information
Anoratha Moore, 1867 species known from India.
Anoratha costalis Moore, 1867. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Anoratha paritalis (Walker, [1859]). India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Anoratha costalis Moore, 1867. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Pg. 82. Pl. 7/9. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533446#page/104/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. 70, # 2899, Fig. 38. Description and drawing.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pl. 2/33 for male.
- Lödl, M. and Gaal, S., 1998. Revision of the genus Anoratha MOORE, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). Quadrifina, 1, pp.5-24. Fig. 5 & 6. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Quad_1_0005-0024.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoratha_costalis [Accessed 14 May 2023]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/959324-Anoratha-costalis [Accessed 14 May 2023]
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/07_Hypeninae/4447_Anoratha_costalis/Anoratha_costalis.html [Accessed 14 May 2023]
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Anoratha costalis Moore, 1867 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/anoratha-costalis, accessed 2026/01/31.