Astygisa orbapicalis (Herbulot, 1993) -

Taxonomic Information

Five species of Astygisa Warren, 1894 are known from India. 
Astygisa vexillaria Guenée, ([1858])
Astygisa albopunctata (Swinhoe, 1891)
Astygisa orbapicalis (Herbulot, 1993)
Astygisa hollowayi Stüning & Walia, 2009
Astygisa indiana Orhant, 2014

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh21
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
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total121
  1. Petelia orbapicalis Herbulot, 1993: 316.
  2. Stüning, D. & V.K. Walia, 2009. The genus Astygisa Walker, 1864 in India, with description of a new species from Western Himalaya (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Tinea 21(1): 9–22. Image 17-20; Image 25-28; Image 38. 
  3. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 328.
  4. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=178467
Notes: Lepindex lists as Petelia orbapicalis Herbulot, 1993. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Astygisa orbapicalis (Herbulot, 1993) – . 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/astygisa-orbapicalis, accessed 2024/04/26.