Taxonomic Information
Lygropia Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Lygropia amplificata (Warren, 1896). India.
Lygropia distorta (Moore, [1886]). India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka.
Lygropia euryclealis (Walker, 1859).India.
Lygropia flavicaput (Warren, 1896). India: Assam.
Lygropia shevaroyalis Hampson 1908. India: South India.
Lygropia yerburii (Butler, 1886). Pakistan.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Lygropia distorta (Moore, [1886]): Lasianthus spp., Pavetta indica, Pavetta canescens? (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD:Pelecyntis distorta Moore, 1885. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vol. 3, p.g 270, Pl. 180/7.Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9340782#page/292/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9340782#page/675/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 343, #5001
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 16/7. Listed as Pardomima distorta.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/904452-Lygropia-distorta
Other Notes
Similar species: Pardomima amyntusalis (Walker, 1859)
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lygropia distorta (Moore, [1886]) – . 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/lygropia-distorta, accessed 2025/10/28.