Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Holocryptis erubescens -
Similar species: Holocryptis nymphula (Rebel, 1909)
Initially incorrectly identifed as H. nymphula, an extra-limital species, which has far less pinkish suffusion. See details below:
1. 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. Pl. 10/26.
2. http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Acontiinae+Eustrotiinae/Holocryptis_nymphula.html [accessed 11 September 2020]
3. Troctoptera nymphula Rebel, 1909.Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Kӧniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 59: 375. (Troctoptera) (holotype: female, Russia, Khabarovsk, NHM, wien).
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- Troctoptera erubescens Hampson, 1893. 20, pl. 157, f. 16; TL: Ceylon, Pundaloya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/111/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/195/mode/1up.
- 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. Pl. 10/25.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/11Acontiinae/4026Holocryptis_erubescens/Holocryptis%20erubescens.htm [accessed 11 September 2020]
- http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=434438 [accessed 11 September 2020]
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Acontiinae+Eustrotiinae/Holocryptis_erubescens.html [accessed 11 September 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Holocryptis erubescens (Hampson, 1893) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/holocryptis-erubescens, accessed 2025/02/15.