Taxonomic Information
Calletaera Warren, 1895 species known from India.
Calletaera subexpressa (Walker, 1861). Uttarakhand, NE India, Karnataka, Maharshtra, Kerala; Nepal.
Calletaera obliquata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Calletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861). Indian subregion.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar looking spp. (all extralimital) (Joang et al 2014).
Calletaera obvia Jiang, Xue & Han, 2014
Calletaera acuticornuta Jiang, Xue & Han, 2014
Calletaera rotundicornuta Jiang, Xue & Han, 2014
Calletaera consimilaria Jiang, Xue & Han, 2014
Jiang, N., D. Xue & H. Han. 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa 3856 (1): 073–099.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
- OD : Luxiaria obliquata Moore, 1888. Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson, pg. 254. TL: Darjeeling, Cherrapunji. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/272/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl 8/21 as Luxiaria obliquata.
- Jiang, N., D. Xue & H. Han. 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa 3856 (1): 073–099. Fig. 29-30.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calletaera obliquata (Moore, 1888) – . 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/index.php/Calletaera-obliquata, accessed 2025/11/09.