Taxonomic Information
The only known member of this genus from India. Provisionally identified as Calguia defiguralis Walker, 1863.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Calguia defiguralis -
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Calguia defiguralis Walker, 1863. List Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. 27: 83. TL: Sarawak, Borneo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51897540#page/95/mode/1up
- Inoue, H., 1989. Calguia defiguralis Walker and its allied species from Japan (Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Yugato (118): 129-134
- Singh, N. , R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/425455-Calguia-defiguralis
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/phyc/defiguralis.html
Note: Synonyms (Singh et al 2022): Cabragus auritipalpus Moore, [1886], Sigmarthria palpella Ragonot, 1888, Nephopteryx bistriella Pagenstecher, 1900, Salebria crocogastra Meyrick, 1934.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calguia defiguralis Walker, 1863 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/calguia-defiguralis, accessed 2025/02/09.