Taxonomic Information
Heterophleps Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] species known from India.
Heterophleps bicommata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim (TL).
Heterophleps ocyptaria (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
Heterophleps ocyptaria (Swinhoe, 1893)
- Coremia ocyptaria Swinhoe, 1893, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 12: 157. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof6121893lond/page/157/mode/1up?view=theater
- Dysethia ocyptaria; 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. 335
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 16, Pl. 5/28.
- Brehm, G., Murillo-Ramos, L., Sihvonen, P., Hausmann, A., Schmidt, B.C., Õunap, E., Moser, A., Mörtter, R., Bolt, D., Bodner, F. and Lindt, A., 2019. New World geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, taxonomic updates and description of 11 new tribes. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 77, pp.457-486.For tribal placement.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1341484-Heterophleps-ocyptaria
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=597163
Heterophleps bicommata (Warren, 1893).
- Dysethia bicommata Warren, 1893; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2): 348, pl. 32, f. 1; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen93scie/page/348/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen93scie/page/n447/mode/1up?view=theater
- Dysethia bicommata; 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. 335.
Not able to reliably separate these species reliably; hence publishing to genus level.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Heterophleps spp. Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] – . 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/heterophleps-spp, accessed 2025/11/12.