Taxonomic Information
Peetula species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Peetula exanthemata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Peetula stramineata (Warren, 1888) (Angerona). India: Western India; Pakistan (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species:
Peetula stramineata (Warren, 1888), crenulate from apex to v.4.
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Peetula exanthemata Moore, 1888. Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the Late W.S. Atkinson. Pg. 231. TL: Darjiling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/249/mode/1up
- 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.# 3201, pg 188, Fig. 1013. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38930806#page/224/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 12/6.
- Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp. pg. 82, Pl. 39/205.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=178465
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Peetula exanthemata Moore, 1888 – . 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/peetula-exanthemata, accessed 2025/11/11.