Mellea taeniata (Warren, 1908) -

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Mellea taeniata -


Mellea tetragonata in which sub-basal and ante-medial fascia are straight. Also, sometimes white spots on HW & FW. http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?mellea-tetragonata-walker

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh51
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya21
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total6211
  1. Banisia taeniata Warren 1908. Novit. Zool. 15: 327. 
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo . Pl. 139/17.
  3. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 48/1. 
  4. Whitaker, T., S. Sutton & H. Barlow. Pyralid Moths of Borneo - An illustrated guide http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?mellea-taeniata-warren

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Mellea taeniata (Warren, 1908) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/mellea-taeniata, accessed 2024/12/09.