Taxonomic Information
Filodes Guenée, 1854 species known from India.
Filodes bilinealis Hampson, 1908. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Filodes fulvibasalis Hampson, 1899. India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Filodes fulvidorsalis (Hübner, 1832). Indian subcontinent.
Filodes mirificalis (Lederer, 1863). India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Filodes patruelis Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (TL: Kolkatta), Meghalaya (Shillong), Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh.
Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen, 1890. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, NW Himalaya, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Filodes patruelis Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, Pg. 218. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/236/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 297, as a form of fulvidorsalis. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40410564#page/329/mode/1up
- Snellen, C. T. & H. J. Elwes, 1890. XVIII. A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller. Trans Ent. Soc. Lond. Pg. 602. Text at
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14679161#page/637/mode/1up.
- https://mhn-online-collections-assets-prd.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/emu/data/oumnh/multimedia/27/331/DI0290.jpg
Hampson (1896) and Lepindex lists mirificalis and patruelis as synonyms of fulvidorsalis.Snellen & Elwes (1890) states that both mirificalis and patruelis are forms. However, Globiz Pyraloidaea data lists both as separate species.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Filodes patruelis Moore, 1888 – . 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/filodes-patruelis, accessed 2025/11/03.