Taxonomic Information
Diaphania Hübner, [1818] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851). Throughout India.
Diaphania superalis (Guenée, 1854). Bangladesh, Silhet [Sylhet]; Central India.
Diaphania translucidalis (Guenée, 1854). Bangladesh, Silhet [Sylhet]; Central India.
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 |
Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851) – Cucumber Moth: Cucurbita pepo, Lagenaria siceraria, Luffa cylindrica, Trichosanthes cucumerina (Cucurbitaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Eudioptes indica Saunders, 1851. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s. [2]) 1: 163; TL: Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1185051roya/page/n204/mode/1up?view=theater
- Dar, A. A. & Jamal, K., 2021. Moth (Insecta: Lepidoptera) fauna of Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 13(2), pp.10906-10906. Pl. 1/18.
- Goff, R. African Moths. URL: http://www.africanmoths.com/. Accessed June 2015.
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/indica.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851) – Cucumber Moth. 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/diaphania-indica, accessed 2025/11/09.