Taxonomic Information
Mudaria Moore, 1893 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Mudaria albonotata (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka
Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893. E. Himalaya.
Mudaria fisherae Prout, 1928. Sri Lanka.
Mudaria leprosa (Hampson, 1898). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Mudaria leprosticta (Hampson, 1907). India; Sri Lanka.
Mudaria major (Warren, 1914). E. Himalaya, S. India.
Mudaria turbata (Walker, 1858). NE Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Mudaria major -
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| Total | 4 | 1 |
- OD: Plagideicta leprosticta major. Warren in Seitz, 1914; Warren, 1914. Die Gross-Schmetterling des Indo-australischen Faunegebietes. Eulenartige Nachtfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde 11. Pg 339. TL: Khasi Hills
- Plagideicta major; Holloway, 1982, in Barlow, Intr. Moths of South East Asia. Taxonomic app.: 230.
- Mudaria major in Holloway, 1989. The Moths of Borneo 12: Family Noctuidae, trifine subfamilies: Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae Malayan Nature J. 42 (2-3) : 57-225. Pg. 189, Pl. 6. For genitalia- Fig 342, 354.
- Pellinen, M., Mutanen, M. and Sihvonen, P., 2018. New species of genus Mudaria Moore, 1893 and the first record of Mudaria cornifrons Moore, 1893 from Thailand (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Zootaxa, 4500(2), pp.292-300. Figure 3.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Mudaria major (Warren, 1914) – . 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/mudaria-major, accessed 2025/10/30.