Taxonomic Information
Aucha Walker, [1858] species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Aucha minor Hampson, 1908. India: Maharashtra (Mumbai [Bombay]: TL).
Aucha nectens (Walker, 1858). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai [Bombay]).
Aucha velans Walker, [1858]. S. India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Aucha latipennis (Walker, 1858). India: Maharashtra.
Note: Provisionally identified as Aucha latipennis (Walker, 1858). Considered as a form of Aucha nectens (Walker, 1858) by many authors, but Kononenko & Pinratana (2013) treat latipennis as a valid species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Briarda latipennis Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 894; TL: Pennang, Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/894/mode/1up?view=theater
- Aucha nectens, form latipennis; Hampson, 1908, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 7: 664 #3559, Pl 123 fig 9. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid71908brit/page/664/mode/1up?view=theater & Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n323/mode/2up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 194, #1664. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/220/mode/1up
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 11 pg 171, & Pl 19i & 19h (latipennis)
- Aucha latipennis; Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls.Pl 45 fig 3. Mentions latipennnis as a separate species, & the distribution does not mention India
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Aucha latipennis (Walker, 1858) – . 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/aucha-latipennis, accessed 2025/12/26.