Taxonomic Information
Similiar species:
Herb Emerald Microloxia herbaria Hübner, 1808
OD: Geometra herbaria Hübner, [1813]. Samml. eur. Schmett. [5]: pl. 79, f. 407; TL: [SE.Europe]
http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Microloxia_Herbaria
https://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/MicroHerba.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microloxia_herbaria
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| Total | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Microloxia indecretata (Walker, [1863]): Fagonia arabica (Zygophyllaceae)?, Suaeda maritima (Amaranthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- OD: Geometra (?) indecretata Walker, 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 26:1555. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120179#page/289/mode/1up.
- 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. 502, # 4092. As Nemoria indecretata.
- 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: 90.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro Lep. World. 1934. Vol. 12, Pg. 120, Pl. 12k.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=150415 [accessed 07 November 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/829759-Microloxia-indecretata
Note: Microloxia indecretata (Walker, [1863]) and Microloxia herbaria Hübner, 1808 are very similar species.
http://www.herbulot.de/globalspecieslist.htm [accessed 07 November 2021] lists herbaria and indecretata as separate species, though some authors list indecretata as a subspecies of herbaria. While populations from S. and W. India are likely to be indecretata, N. Indian populations need validation by comparing genitalia and/or moleuclar phylogeny.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Microloxia indecretata (Walker, [1863]) – . 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/microloxia-indecretata, accessed 2025/11/03.