Taxonomic Information
List of Gabala Walker, 1866 species known from India.
Gabala argentata Butler, 1878. India: Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh; Myanmar.
Gabala polyspilalis Walker, [1866] 1865. India: Mizoram, Sikkim, Chennai, Nilgiris, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu; Nepal.
Gabala roseoretis Kobes, 1988. India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Gabala argentata -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- Gabala argentata Butler, 1878. Ill. Het. Brit. Mus. 2:56, pl. 39/3; TL: Japan, Yokohama
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Plate 30/30-31.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/78_Nolidae/02_Chloephorinae/4007_Gabala_argentata/Gabala_argentata.htm [accessed 12 February 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319457-Gabala-argentata
Gabala polyspilalis Walker, [1866]
Separating Gabala argentata and Gabala polyspilalis based on Roger Kendrick comments on iNaturalist.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68150583#activity_identification_47f024f8-e7fb-4f02-aab8-f7b65799ac5a
My notes: Gabala polyspilalis has a large quadrate spot as part of the medial band and the sub-costal white spots are larger; in Gabala argentata, this spot is usually triangular with a white trailing edge or tail which loops around the cell spot; the sub-costal white spots are usually smaller. The FW cilia in Gabala polyspilalis has has a brown spot, mid termen, and the wing is slight indented at the same spot. In argentata, the termen is smoothly rounded and this brown spot is absent on the cilia.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Gabala argentata Butler, 1878 – . 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/gabala-argentata, accessed 2024/04/24.