Taxonomic Information
Homodes Guenée, 1852 species from Indian subcontinent
Homodes bracteigutta (Walker, 1862). India: Meghalaya, Kerala.
Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852. India.
Homodes fulva Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka.
Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889. India: Meghalaya.
Homodes perilitha Hampson, 1926. S. India.
Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852. India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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.
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852: Excoecaria sp. (Euphorbiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2): 280, Atlas (Noctuelites) pl. 11, f. 2; TL: Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell06boi/page/280/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/crocea.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/513490
- Homodes crocea http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_iii/miscellaneousiii_6_1.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 – . 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/homodes-crocea, accessed 2025/11/01.