Taxonomic Information
Carea Walker, [1857] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Indian subregion.
Carea albirufa Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka.
Carea albopurpurea Hampson, 1894. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Carea dione Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Carea internifusca Hampson, 1894. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Carea nebulifera Warren, 1912. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Carea nitida Hampson, 1894. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Carea obsolescens Moore, 1884. India: Maharashtra (Bombay, Mahabaleshwar), Conoor.
Carea varipes Walker, [1857]. Indian subregion.
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793): Bombax ceiba (Malvaceae), Eugenia myrobalana, Syzygium cumini, Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae), Memecylon sp. (Melastomataceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Bombyx angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Entomologiae Systemaatica emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Descritptionibus Observationibus, 3(1): 481 ( Bombyx) (Syntypes: “Ost-India”, UZM, Copenhagen).
- 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. # 2331, Pg. 422. Fig. 238 as Carea subtilis.
- 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. Pg. 204-205, Plate 28/26-27.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Carea-angulata.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/carea-angulata, accessed 2024/12/03.