Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879) -

Subspecies in India

Daplasa Moore, 1879 species known from India. 
Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879). India: NE. Bengal (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Nepal. 
Daplasa variegata (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling); Nepal. 
Daplasa irrorata Moore, 1879. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 

Wang et al. (2015) state that Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879) maybe the female of Daplasa variegata. Needs to be investigated.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Daplasa postincisa -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram1
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total131
  1. Euproctis (?) postincisa Moore, 1879. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879: 400, pl. 32, f. 5; TL: NE.Bengal. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen792zool#page/400/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen792zool#page/n125/mode/1up 
  2. Nygmia postincisa; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 65. Text at https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazine9111923lond#page/65/mode/1up
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 81/29. Female. 
  4. Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J.D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. and Nylin, S., 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics, 31(6), pp.579-592. For tribal placement in Daplasini. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Daplasa postincisa (Moore, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/daplasa-postincisa, accessed 2024/04/19.