Taxonomic Information
Numerous very similar species are known from India. Underside markings support identification.
Gnophos accipitraria Guenée, [1858]. India: TL: "Central India"
Gnophos albidior (Hampson, 1895). India: "Nagas".
Gnophos albistellaria (Warren, 1893), India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Gnophos orphninaria Hampson, 1902. India: Kashmir.
Gnophos rufitinctaria Hampson, 1902.India: Kashmir.
Gnophos tephrosiaria Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Gnophos accipitraria Guenée, [1858]. Phal. i, 300, 476.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 252, # 3368 as Gnophos accipitrarius.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 76/10.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World, Vol. 4, pg. 386.
Listed by some authors as Odontognophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]). However, we have followed The Forum Herbulot which lists this species as Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]) – . 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/gnophos-accipitraria, accessed 2025/10/25.