Taxonomic Information
Lophophelma Prout, 1912 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Lophophelma costistrigaria (Moore, [1868]). West Bengal; Nepal.
Lophophelma erionoma (Swinhoe, 1893). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Lophophelma funebrosa (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Lophophelma harmenni Irungbam, 2023. India: India: Manipur (TL: Ukhrul district, Shirui Hills).
Lophophelma hunliensis. TL: Hunli, Arunachal Pradesh. Not peer reviewed. Needs validation.
Lophophelma iterans (Prout, 1926). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Lophophelma luteipes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.
Lophophelma neonoma (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka.
Lophophelma ruficosta (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Kerala, Karnataka.
Lophophelma varicoloraria (Moore, [1868]). India: Bengal (TL), Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Lophophelma vigens (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Pachyodes luteipes Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875. Reise. öst. Fregatte Novara, 2: p1. 125. Plate at https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n336/mode/1up?view=theater
- Pingasa similis Moore, 1888. Descr. new. Indian lep. Insects Colln Atkinson, p. 248.
- 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. 475, # 4012 as Pseudoterpna similis.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) 1920. Macro Lep. Vol. 12, pg. 56, pl. 5 c, d for male; 8f for female. As Terpna luteipes.
- Terpna luteipes Felder In Holloway, 1976: 60. Lophophelma luteipes; [MOB9]: 212, f. 140, 155, pl. 6.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong.Pl. 18/8.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_11_3.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194582-Lophophelma-luteipes
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/framepage_geometrinae.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lophophelma luteipes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) – . 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/lophophelma-luteipes, accessed 2025/11/10.