Taxonomic Information
Ornithospila Warren, 1894 species known from India.
Ornithospila avicularia (Guenée, 1857). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Bhutan.
Ornithospila esmeralda (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Myanmar.
Ornithospila lineata (Moore, 1872). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Ornithospila submontrans (Walker, 1861). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Ornithospila avicularia.
Separating avicularia and submontrans:
O. avicularia: Fasciae of wings wavy. Wing fringes mainly red.
O. submontrans: Fasciae of wings wavy. Hindwing red discal mark a chevron; white fringes usually crossed by red at the veins.
Key to Bornean Ornithospila here
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_22.php [accessed 27 January 2019]
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Ornithospila submontrans (Walker, 1861): Shorea sp. (Dipterocarpaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Geometra submonstrans Walkert, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br Mus. 22: 526. Text at http://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso2224brit#page/526/mode/1up [accessed 24 January 2019]
- Sondhi, Y, S. Sondhi, S. R. Pathour & K. Kunte. 2018. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, with notes on new records. Trop. Lepid. Res., 28(2): 66-89. Pl. 8: 190.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Pl. 5: 95.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=208356OD: [accessed 24 January 2019]
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_22_3.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/framepage_geometrinae.html [accessed 24 January 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ornithospila submonstrans (Walker, 1861) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/ornithospila-submonstrans, accessed 2025/08/27.