Ginshachia gemmifera (Moore, 1877)  -

Taxonomic Information

List of Ginshachia Matsumura, 1929 species known from India. 
Ginshachia baenzigeri Schintlmeister, 2007. India (NE India); Myanmar; Nepal. 
Ginshachia gemmifera Moore, 1879. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Andaman Island; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ginshachia gemmifera -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
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
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand21
West Bengal
Total211
  1. OD: Spatalia gemmifera Moore, 1879. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson pg. 62, Pl. 3/14. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/80/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/329/mode/1up
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 31/17. 
  3. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp.  Pl. 108/14. 
  4. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=ginshachia&searchTax=  [accessed 14 April 2022] 

Note: Ginshachia baenzigeri Schintlmeister, 2007 also found in NE India. Best separated from G. gemmifera by genitalia. Populations from NW Himalaya and peninsular India are likely to be gemmifera.

Other Notes

Similar species: Ginshachia baenzigeri Schintlmeister, 2007 also found in India. Best separated from G. gemmifera by comparing genitalia. 
http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/01_NOTODONTIDAE/90_Ginshachia/Ginshachia%20baenzigeri/Ginshachia%20baenzigeri.htm[accessed 07 March 2019]
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ginshachia gemmifera (Moore, 1877)  – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ginshachia-gemmifera, accessed 2024/03/29.