Subspecies in India
Demonarosa rufotessellata subrosea (Wileman, 1915). Taiwan.
Demonarosa rufotessellata issiki (Kawazoe & Ogata, 1962). Japan.
Demonarosa rufotessellata rufotessellata (Moore, 1879). India.
Taxonomic Information
Demonarosa rufotessellata (Moore, 1879) India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh (Shimla); Nepal.
Numerous extralimital species from SE Asia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Narosa rufotessellata Moore, 1879. New Ind. Lep. 1: 73, pl.III, fig. 24. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/91/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 39/8
- Altha rufotessellata; Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig.Pg. 398, #890. .
- Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt. 2009. The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229.Pg. 69, pl. 16/5.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/60_ZYGAENOIDEA/Limacodidae/03_Demonarosa/Demonarosa%20rufotessellata%20rufotessellata/Demonarosa%20rufotessellata%20rufotessellata.htm [accessed 08 July 2021]
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=260846
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Demonarosa rufotessellata (Moore, 1879) – . 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/demonarosa-rufotessellata, accessed 2025/11/12.