Mataeomera obliquisigna (Hampson, 1894) -

Taxonomic Information

Mataeomera Butler, 1886 species known from India. 
Mataeomera obliquisigna (Hampson, 1894). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmsala). [Provisional ID on MOI]
Mataeomera semialba (Hampson, 1902). India: Sikkim; Myanmar.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Mataeomera obliquisigna -


Similar species-
Mataeomera yoshimotoi Sohn & Eda, 2013 – extralimital (Japan). Misidentified as obliquisigna in earlier literature, including here - http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Acontiinae+Eustrotiinae/Mataeomera_obliquisigna.html
& here - http://kanon1001.web.fc2.com/data_musi/ga/ya_ga/AK_beni_koyaga/haiiro_koyaga/haiiro_koyaga.html.

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  1. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609p- 325 Figs. Pg. 326 #2070.
  2. Sohn, J.C. and Eda, K., 2013. A new species of Mataeomera, formerly misidentified as M. obliquisigna (Hampson, 1894) from Japan (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Boletobiinae). Zootaxa, 3745(4), pp.496-500. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Mataeomera obliquisigna (Hampson, 1894) – . 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/mataeomera-obliquisigna, accessed 2025/08/18.