Taxonomic Information
Goniopteroloba Hampson, 1895 species known from India.
Goniopteroloba zalska (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh.
Goniopteroloba sinuosa (Warren, 1895) is a similar extralimital species. Best separated by comparing male genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Goniopteroloba sinuosa (Warren, 1895). Extralimital.
Carige sinuosa Warren, 1895; Novit. zool. 2 (2): 105; TL: Gunong Ijay, Perak. Text at
https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi02lond/page/105/mode/1up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1342131-Goniopteroloba-sinuosa
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/species/goniopteroloba-sinuosa
Note: This species is generally a similar brown to the previous two species on MOB, the fasciae only slightly strengthened at the forewing costa. The rather reticulate darker brown zones from the forewing postmedial to the tornus and adjacent to the anterior concavity of the forewing margin are diagnostic (Holloway, Moths of Borneo).
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| Total | 3 |
- Carige zalska Swinhoe, 1894; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1894 (1): 185; TL: Khasia Hills, Cherrapunji. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1894roya/page/185/mode/1up?view=theater
- Goniopteroloba zalska; 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. 339, Fig. 169.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Goniopteroloba zalska (Swinhoe, 1894) – . 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/goniopteroloba-zalska, accessed 2026/02/21.