Taxonomic Information
Calamotropha Zeller, 1863 species known from India.
Calamotropha alcesta Błeszyński, 1961. India: Nilgiri hills.
Calamotropha anticella (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha argenticilia (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; Bhutan; India.
Calamotropha atkinsoni Zeller, 1863. Sri Lanka; India: West Bengal (Kolkata).
Calamotropha caesella (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha corticellus (Hampson, 1899). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), West Bengal (Kolkata), Mizoram.
Calamotropha delatalis (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha endopolia Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961. India: Sikkim; Uttarakhand; Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha latella (Snellen, 1890). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Calamotropha lupatus (Meyrick, 1932). India.
Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; India: Nagaland, Meghalaya.
Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933. India; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha neurigrammalis (Hampson, 1912). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha pseudodielota Błeszyński, 1961. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha punctivenellus (Hampson, 1896). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha unicolorellus (Zeller, 1863). India: Himalayas.
Calamotropha saturnella Błeszyński, 1961. India.
Calamotropha schwarzi Błeszyński, 1961. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha typhivorus Meyrick, 1932. Pakistan.
Calamotropha venera Błeszyński, 1961. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Crambus latella Snellen, 1890. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 (4): 644; TL: Darjeeling, Himalaya. Text at https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1890roya#page/644/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 14, # 4165 as Crambus lattelus.
- Irungbam, J.S., M.S. Chib & K. Wangdi, 2016. Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (3): 355-382G. Fig. 3H.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calamotropha latella (Snellen, 1890) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/calamotropha-latella, accessed 2025/11/03.


