Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]) -

Taxonomic Information

Numerous very similar species are known from India. Underside markings support identification. 
 

Gnophos accipitraria Guenée, [1858]
Gnophos albidior (Hampson, 1895)
Gnophos albistellaria (Warren, 1893)
Gnophos orphninaria Hampson, 1902
Gnophos rufitinctaria Hampson, 1902
Gnophos tephrosiaria Moore, 1888

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Gnophos accipitraria -


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
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Gnophos accipitraria Guenée, [1858]. Phal. i, 300, 476.
  2. 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
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 76/10. As Gnophos accipitraria.
  4. Seitz, A. (Ed.). 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 2023. Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.60. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/gnophos-accipitraria, accessed 2023/10/03.