Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 -

Taxonomic Information

Homodes vivida has a series of post-medial black bosses (raised spots), and also has a boss mid cell and two end cell, which Homodes crocea lacks.

Homodes Guenée, 1852 species from Indian subcontinent
Homodes bracteigutta (Walker, 1862). India. 
Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852. India.
Homodes fulva Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka.
Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889. Meghalaya.
Homodes perilitha Hampson, 1926. S. India. 
Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852. India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Homodes crocea -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21

Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852: Excoecaria sp. (Euphorbiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2): 280, Atlas (Noctuelites) pl. 11, f. 2; TL: Java.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. # 2192, Pg. 364 for Homodes crocea
  3. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/crocea.html
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/513490
  5. Homodes crocea http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_iii/miscellaneousiii_6_1.php

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/homodes-crocea, accessed 2024/04/23.