Taxonomic Information
Garella Walker, [1863] species known from India (based on Joshi et al 2021).
Garella araca (Swinhoe, 1919). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Garella curiosa (Swinhoe, 1890). India: NE Himalaya; Myanmar.
Garella docilis (Butler, 1881). India: Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat; Pakistan.
Garella musculana (Erschoff, 1874). India: Kashmir; Pakistan.
Garella nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1881). India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai); Sri Lanka.
Garella polia (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Garella rotundipennis Walker, [1863]. India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Kangra); Sri Lanka.
Garella ruficirra (Hampson, 1905). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasis).
Garella scoparioides (Walker, [1863]). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar spp (vide Moths of Borneo) –
Garella rotundipennis Walker, [1863]1864 - In rotundipennis the submarginal is irregularly punctate rather than entire
Garella curiosa (Swinhoe, 1890) – FW more violet grey with a distinctly darker basal zone and a dark apical patch.
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Hypothripa ruficirra, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 16 : 540. Text at https://archive.org/details/s7annalsmagazine16londuoft/page/540/mode/1up?view=theater
- Characoma ruficirra; Seitz, A. (Ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 3, Pg. 290 & Pl. 53d.
- Characoma ruficirra; Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pg 18 & Pl 86/28.
- 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. Pl. 25, Fig. 22.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/sarrothripini/sarrothripini_5_3.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/78_Nolidae/02_Chloephorinae/3976_Garella_ruficirra/Garella_ruficirra.htm
- https://twmoth.tbri.gov.tw/peo/MothInfo/A43-20160308-213
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/349280-Garella-ruficirra
All links accessed on 27 Jan 2024.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Garella ruficirra (Hampson, 1905) – . 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/garella-ruficirra, accessed 2024/04/27.