Anydrelia distorta Hampson, (1895) -

Taxonomic Information

Anydrelia Prout, 1938 species known from India.
Anydrelia distorta (Hampson,1895) (Hydrelia). India; Nepal. 
Anydrelia dharmsalae (Butler, 1883) (Ephyra). India (Himachal Pradesh). 
 

Anydrelia dharmsalae (Butler, 1883). Prout (1938) stated that this might be a synonym of A. distorta. However, still listed as a valid species by The Forum Herbulot, and till further investigation, we treat these as separate taxon

OD : Ephyra dharmsalae Butler, 1883. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1883 pg 169. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96834#page/249/mode/1up

Venusia dharmsalae, FBI, Moths of India, Vol 3 pg 417 #3835

Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1934. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Supplement 4 pg 177 & Pl 16f.  

Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252196#page/183/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252192#page/47/mode/1up

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal11
Total111
  1. Hydrelia distorta 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. 414, #3825.
  2. Seitz, A. (Ed). 1934. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Supplement 4 pp. 1-248. Pg 177. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252196#page/183/mode/1up
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 6/32. 
  4. Xue, D. and Scoble, M.J., 2002. A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology Series, 71(1), pp.77-133. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofnatura711natu/page/105/mode/1up?q=distorta

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Anydrelia distorta Hampson, (1895) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/anydrelia-distorta, accessed 2024/03/28.