Taxonomic Information
Conolophia Warren, 1894 species known from India.
Conolophia nigripuncta (Hampson, 1891). India: Nagaland, Nilgiris; Nepal; Sri Lanka
Conolophia helicola (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (TL:Cherrapunji); Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Conolophia helicola (Swinhoe, 1894)
Geoglada helicola Swinhoe, 1894; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1894 (1): 184; TL: Shillong, Cherrapunji. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1894roya/page/184/mode/1up?view=theater
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=467775 for helicola
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=467774 for nigripuncta rudis
Another similar species is Alex palparia (Walker, 1861). See Moths of Laos, Pl. 10/8.
Also nigrozonata at Seitz, A. (Ed.), Vol. 12. Pg. 38, pl. 3e as Alex palparia.
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Gamoruna nigripuncta Hampson, 1891. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 114, Pl. 151/18. Text at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft08brituoft#page/114/mode/1up
- 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.# 3576, Pg. 323 as Alex nigripuncta.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 66/5.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 40, Pl. 10/7.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/desmobathrini/desmobathrini_4_1.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/602283-Conolophia-nigripuncta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Conolophia nigripuncta (Hampson, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/conolophia-nigripuncta, accessed 2025/11/18.