Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859]) -

Taxonomic Information

Hydrillodes Guenée, 1854 species known from India.
Hydrillodes abavalis (Walker, [1859]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Hydrillodes captiosalis (Walker, [1859]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859]). India: Karnataka, Punjab, Sikkim, Nilgiris; Sri Lanka.
Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854. India; Sri Lanka.
Hydrillodes nilgirialis Hampson, 1895. India: Nilgiris.
Hydrillodes plicalis (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Hydrillodes subbasalis Moore, 1877. India: Andaman Is.
Hydrillodes torsivena Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim. 
Hydrillodes truncata (Moore, 1882). India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total111211
  1. Bocana gravatalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 175; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/175/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Hydrillodes erythusalis Walker, [1859]. List of the Specimens of lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 16: 177 (Echana) (Syntypes: Borneo, Sarawak, NhM (BMNh), London) partim.). 
  3. 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. 55. 
  4. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 21, Pl. 1/29-30. 
  5. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_13_3.php
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/428779-Hydrillodes-gravatalis

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859]) – . 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/hydrillodes-gravatalis, accessed 2025/10/18.