Phlogophora albovittata (Moore, 1867) -

Taxonomic Information

Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 species known from India, Nepal & Myanmar. 
Phlogophora albovittata (Moore, 1867). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur; Nepal. 
Phlogophora burmana (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora butvili Gyulai & Saldaitis, 2019. Myanmar.
Phlogophora calamistrata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Sikkim; Bhutan.
Phlogophora conservuloides (Hampson, 1898). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Phlogophora costalis (Moore, 1882). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Phlogophora discisignata (Moore, 1867). India: Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Bhutan 
Phlogophora distorta (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora gustavssoni (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora humilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Phlogophora malaisei (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora meticulodina (Draudt, 1950). India: Uttarakhand; Nepal. 
Phlogophora nobilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Phlogophora pectinata (Warren, 1888). India: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; Nepal. 
Phlogophora plumbeola (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim, Uttarakhand; Nepal. 
Phlogophora similis Bandyopadhyay, Mallick, Sanyal & Chandra 2021. India: West Bengal
Phlogophora sinuata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjiling), Sikkim; Nepal.
Phlogophora striatovirens (Moore, 1867). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal. 
Phlogophora szecsenyii Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim; Nepal. 
Phlogophora violacea (Berio, 1972). Myanmar. 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: P. nigroplumbea see Holloway, 1989 (references).

Best separated from the extra-limital P. nigroplumbea by genitalia.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh111
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur1
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total221
  1. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae. Pg 217, #1743 as Euplexia albovittata.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1 pl 15/20.
  3. Kirti, J. S., H. Singh & N. Singh. 2014. Genitalic studies on three species of genus Phlogophora Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae). International Journal of Current Research and Academic. Vol. 2, no 12.Pdf
  4. Bandyopadhyay, U., Dey, R., Bhattacharyya, K., Mallick, K., Mazumder, A., Gayen, S., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K., Kumar, V., Uniyal, V.P. and Chandra, K., 2021. Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5004(2), pp.311-342.
  5. Holloway, J. D. 1989. The Moths of Borneo. Part 12. Noctuidae: Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. P. nigroplumbea http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/gallery.php [accessed 14 Oct 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Phlogophora albovittata (Moore, 1867) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/phlogophora-albovittata, accessed 2026/04/24.