Taxonomic Information
Dysmilichia Speiser, 1902 species known from India.
Dysmilichia calamistrata (Moore, 1881). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim; Nepal.
Dysmilichia flavonigra (Swinhoe, [1885]). N. India; Pakistan.
Dysmilichia gemella (Leech, 1889), extralimital (Japan & NE Asia) - has diffused patch on costa below post-medial line.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Dysmilichia calamistrata -
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD:Ilattia calamistrata Moore, 1881. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. pg. 348. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen81zool/page/348/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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.pg. 251, # 1834 lists Ilattia calamistrata as a synonym for a form of Amyna octo.
- Hampson, G. F. 1909. Catalogue of Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. Vol 8, pg. 428, & Pl. 133, fig 12. TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid08brituoft/page/428/mode/1up?view=theater
- Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid410brit/page/n364/mode/2up?view=theater
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1914. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 11, pg. 338, pl. 29l (for female).
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 16/31.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Dysmilichia calamistrata (Moore, 1881) – . 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/dysmilichia-calamistrata, accessed 2025/11/10.