Euhampsonia niveiceps (Walker, 1865) -

Taxonomic Information

Euhampsonia Dyar, 1897 species known from India. 
Euhampsonia niveiceps (Walker, 1865). N. India; Nepal. 
Euhampsonia rubricata Schintlmeister & Irungbam, 2019. India: Manipur (TL)

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Euhampsonia niveiceps -


Euhampsonia rubricata Schintlmeister & Irungbam, 2019 is a similar species decribed from Manipur. E. rubricata and E. sinjaevi (EL) have a yellow streak on forewing. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh13
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur1
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2311

Euhampsonia niveiceps (Walker, 1865): Quercus sp. (Fagaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Trabala niveiceps Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 32: 554; TL: N.Hindostan at http://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso3132brit#page/554/mode/1up [accessed 29 December 2018]
  2. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg 130, # 21, Fig. 76 as Nadata niveiceps.
  3. Schintlmeister, A. and Irungbam, J.S., 2019. Euhampsonia rubricata spec. nov., a new moth species from northeastern India and western Myanmar (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Zootaxa, 4560(1), pp.195-200.

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Euhampsonia niveiceps (Walker, 1865) – . 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/euhampsonia-niveiceps, accessed 2024/04/19.