Taxonomic Information
Similar species is Hypertrocta exigualis (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
See FBI, Hampson, Vol. 3, pg. 101, # 3010 for differences.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Hypertrocta posticalis -
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Moscha posticalis Walker, [1866]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1200; TL: "Hindostan". Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1200/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hypertrocta marmorata Hampson, 1893; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 32, 131, pl. 167, f. 22; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/131/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n214/mode/1up?view=theater
- 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. 101, # 3009, Fig. 50 as Moscha posticalis.
- 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. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 10/50-51.
- Holloway, J, D. 2009. Moths of Borneo 13. Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Paneinae (part), Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Aediinae, Eustrotiinae, Bryophilinae, Araeopteroinae, Aventiinae, Eublemminae and further miscellaneous genera Malayan Nature J. 62 (1-2) : 1-240. Pg. 158, pl. 6/43.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1260347-Hypertrocta-posticalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Hypertrocta posticalis (Walker, [1866]) – . 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/hypertrocta-posticalis, accessed 2024/04/18.