Taxonomic Information
Nephopterix Hübner, [1825] species known from India.
Nephopterix bicolorella Leech, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie).
Nephopterix eugraphella Ragonot, 1888. India: Punjab, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand.
Nephopterix hypocautella Hampson, 1903. India: Gujarat (TL: Deesa).
Nephopterix nocturnella Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasis); Bhutan (TL).
Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasis), Maharashtra; Bhutan (TL).
Nephopterix rhodobasalis Hampson, 1912. N. India, Madhya Pradesh; Sri Lanka (TL).
Nephopterix rhyparella Ragonot, 1888. India: Kala Pani (TL), N. India, Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Nephopterix rubralis Hampson, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Chennai [Madras]).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896. FBI, Moths of India, Vol 4 pg 78, #4354. TL: Bhutan.
- Mémoires sur les lépidoptères, pg 542, Pl. 152/6. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105033#page/598/mode/1up (in French) & Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105033#page/725/mode/1up
- Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 11/24.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/317915-Nephopterix-ochribasalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896 – . 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/nephopterix-ochribasalis, accessed 2025/11/19.