Taxonomic Information
Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Ophthalmitis caritaria (Walker, 1860). Sri Lanka.
Ophthalmitis lectularia Swinhoe,1891
Ophthalmitis diurnaria Guenee,1858
Ophthalmitis cordularia (Swinhoe, 1893). India; Nepal.
Ophthalmitis herbidaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ophthalmitis irrorataria (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ophthalmitis pertusaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. India; Nepal.
Ophthalmitis striatifera Hampson,1902 . India.
Ophthalmitis sinensium (Oberthür, 1913). India.
Ophthalmitis xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Ophthalmitis kalakadaria Sato, 2014. S. & W. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Ophthalmitis herbidaria (Guenée, 1858) - Casearia sp. (Salicaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Ophthalmodes herbidaria Guenée, 1858, In Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.), 9: 283. Syntypes 1m, 1f, India (central). (BMNH).
- 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. 255, Fig. 3375.
- Jiang, N., D. Xue & H. Han. 2011. A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Zootaxa 2735: 1-22. Pg. 11-12, Fig. 19-22.
- 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. Image 177
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ophthalmitis herbidaria (Guenée, [1858]) – . 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/ophthalmitis-herbidaria, accessed 2025/10/30.