Taxonomic Information
List of Biston Leach, 1815 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Biston bengaliaria (Guenee, [1858]). India: Bengal.
Biston betularia coagnataria (Guenée, [1858]). India: Western Himalayas, Solan, Simla, Kharapathar, Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh.
Biston contectaria Walker, 1863. India: Canara, Karnataka.
Biston falcata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Biston mediolata Jiang, Xue & Han, 2011. India: Mizoram.
Biston panterianaria panterianaria (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Biston porphyria (Butler, 1889). India: Kangara district, Himachal Pradesh.
Biston regalis regalis (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Biston sinuata Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Biston strigaria (Moore, 1879). India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Biston suppressaria suppressaria (Guenee, [1858]). India: Central India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Biston bengaliaria (Guenée, 1857): Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Amphidasys bengaliaria Guenée, [1858]. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 9: 210, Atlas (Uranides & Phalenides): pl. 4, f. 2. Text at https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell09bois/page/210/mode/1up?view=theater
- Han, H, Jiang, N., Xue, D. 2011. A review of Biston Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species. ZooKeys 139: 45-96. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.139.1308
- Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=391330 [accessed 01 October 2016]
- Jiang, N., Li, X., Hausmann, A., Cheng, R., Xue, D. & H. Han. 2017. A molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic and Oriental members of the tribe Boarmiini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Invertebrate Systematics, 31(4), pp.427-441. For tribal placement in Boarmiini.
- Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P., Hausmann, A., Holm, S., Ghanavi, H.R., Õunap, E., Truuverk, A., Staude, H., Friedrich, E. & Tammaru, T., 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ, 7, p.e7386. For tribal placement in Boarmiini.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Biston bengaliaria (Guenée, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/biston-bengaliaria, accessed 2025/04/30.