Taxonomic Information
Ammatho mesortha (Hampson, 1898) is a synonym (Volynkin et al 2019).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Delineatia mesortha -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 |
- OD: Miltochrista mesortha Hampson, 1898. Journal Bombay Natural History Society. 11(3): 440.
- Hampson, 1900. Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 485, pl. 32, fig 31.
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2016. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 2, pp 1-214. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 76.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N. and Volynkin, A.V., 2018. New data on the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 from India, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa, 4425(3), pp.456-470.
- Volynkin, A.V., Huang, S.Y. and Ivanova, M.S., 2019. An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura/Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina, 26, pp.14-92. Pg. 70.
- Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/507420
Note: Genus revised from Ammatho mesortha (Hampson, 1898) to Delineatia mesortha (Hampson, 1898) based on Volynkin et al( 2019).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Delineatia mesortha (Hampson, 1898) – . 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/Delineatia-mesortha, accessed 2025/11/11.