Dindicodes apicalis (Moore, 1888) -

Taxonomic Information

Dindicodes Prout, 1912 species known from India. 
Dindicodes apicalis (Moore, 1888). India: Sikkim, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Dindicodes crocina (Butler, 1880). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland; Nepal.
Dindicodes harutai (Yazaki, 1992). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Dindicodes moelleri (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim (TL), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh41
Assam
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Jharkhand
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Lakshadweep
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Maharashtra
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Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total4111
  1. Pingasa apicalis Moore, 1888. Lep. Atk. P. 247. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/265/mode/1up. TL: Darjeeling
  2. Pitkin, L.M., Han, H. and James, S., 2007. Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 150(2), pp.343-412. Fig. 9A. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pg. 6. MON Part 1, Pl. 66/9. 
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 381.

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Dindicodes apicalis (Moore, 1888) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dindicodes-apicalis, accessed 2025/06/19.