Taxonomic Information
Psilalcis Warren, 1893 species known from India.
Psilalcis albibasis Hampson, 1895. India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Nepal.
Psilalcis bisinuata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Psilalcis breta breta (Swinhoe, 1890). India: Nilgiris Hills, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Psilalcis conspicuata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Psilalcis dierli Sato, 1995. Nepal; India: Uttarakhand (Kumaon, Nainital).
Psilalcis inceptaria (Walker, 1866). India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
Psilalcis indistincta (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Psilalcis inoueorum Sato, 2008. Myanmar (TL); India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Psilalcis pallidaria (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Psilalcis rufaria (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Psilalcis subochrea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Psilalcis subtochracea (Hampson, 1902). India: Nilgiris, Kerala.
Psilalcis thricophora (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim.
Genitalia dissection is the only way to separate Psilalcis breta, Psilalcis indistincta, Psilalcis subtochracea and Psilalcis inceptaria with certainty.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 2 |
- OD:Boarmia bisinuata 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. 261, #3395.
- Ectropis bisinuata dignampta Prout, 1927. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 31: 926.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 35/26.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_35_2.php
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=466269
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/968933-Psilalcis-bisinuata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Psilalcis bisinuata (Hampson, 1895) – . 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/psilalcis-bisinuata, accessed 2025/11/10.