Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855) -

Taxonomic Information

Euproctis Hübner, [1819] species from the Indian subcontinent (provisional).

Euproctis albescens Swinhoe, 1903. India: Sikkim; Bhutan. 
Euproctis albodentata (Moore, 1879). India: NW Himalaya; Myanmar.
Euproctis albopunctata Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis antiphates Hampson, [1893]. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Euproctis bifascia Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Karnataka, Kerala. 
Euproctis bimaculata Walker, 1855. India: S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Euproctis bipartita (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal. 
Euproctis brevivitta (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal.
Euproctis catapasta Collenette, 1951. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Euproctis cervina (Moore, 1877). India: Kashmir, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Euproctis citrina (Moore, 1877). India; Sri Lanka. 
Euproctis discinota Moore, 1877. India: Andaman Is. 
Euproctis dispersa (Moore, 1879). India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis divisa Walker, 1855. N. India. 
Euproctis endoplagia Hampson, 1897. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis erecta (Moore, 1879). S. India.
Euproctis euproctiformis (Strand, 1915). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Euproctis flava (Fabricius, 1775).India: N. India.
Euproctis flavicosta Hampson, 1900. Sikkim. 
Euproctis fraterna (Moore, [1883]). Sri Lanka.
Euproctis fulvinigra Hampson, 1905. India: Sikkim.
Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, [1893]. India; Sri Lanka.
Euproctis hagna Collenette, 1938. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Euproctis hampsoni Swinhoe, 1903. India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis howra (Moore, 1879). India: Andaman Is, S. India. 
Euproctis illanta Swinhoe, 1891. India: Maharashtra.
Euproctis inconcisa (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal. 
Euproctis khasi Collenette, 1938. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis laniata Hampson, 1904. India: Palni Hils, Tamil Nadu. 
Euproctis latifascia Walker, 1855. India: Himachal Pradesh; Nepal; Bhutan. 
Euproctis lativitta (Moore, 1879). India: E. Himalaya. 
Euproctis leithiana (Moore, 1879). India: Maharashtra ([Bombay] Mumbai), Canara, Karnataka, Kerala.
Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855. India: N. India, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Euproctis luteifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis mackwoodi Collenette, 1938. Sri Lanka. 
Euproctis macrostigma Hampson, 1905. India: Goa (Karwar). 
Euproctis madana Moore, 1859. India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Euproctis magna (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Euproctis malaisei Collenette, 1960. Myanmar. 
Euproctis mirabilis Swinhoe, 1903. India: Andaman Is. 
Euproctis marginata (Moore, 1879). India: India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nagaland; Nepal. 
Euproctis negrita Hampson, [1893]. India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis oreosaura (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya. 
Euproctis pelona (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya.
Euproctis percnogaster Collenette, 1938.India.
Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855).  India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal (TL). 
Euproctis postica Walker, 1865. India; Nepal.
Euproctis rana Moore, [1866]. Bangladesh.
Euproctis sagroides (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis semisignata (Walker, 1865). India: S. India. 
Euproctis semivitta Moore, 1879. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis stenosacca Collenette, 1951. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis stigmatifera (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan.
Euproctis subfasciata (Walker, 1865). India: Sikkim, Assam. 
Euproctis subfuscula (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Euproctis sulphurescens (Moore, 1888).India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis unimacula (Moore, 1879). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Euproctis varia Walker, 1855. India: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya. 
Euproctis xanthoceps Hampson, 1910. Sri Lanka.
Euproctis xanthosticta Hampson, 1905. India: Goa (Karwar). 
Euproctis xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848). India: Himalayas. 
Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855). India; Nepal. 
Euproctis venosa (Moore, 1879). India: Sikkim. 
Euproctis virgo Swinhoe, 1903. Myanmar. 
Euproctis virguncula Walker, 1855. India: Punjab.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh81
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
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim2
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total8124
  1. Cispia plagiata Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 4: 858 (preocc. Anaxila plagiata Walker, 1855); TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso46brit?view=theater#page/858/mode/1up
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 56/4. 
  3. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 480, # 1085. 
  4. Nygmia plagiata; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 71
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333539-Euproctis-plagiata
Notes on species
Funet lists that Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855) for this species is invalid as it is already preocc. as Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855) (Anaxila plagiata Walker, 1855 from Africa). Hence this species name Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855) needs to be re-visited. See link below. 
https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/LYMANTRIINAE/Euproctis%20plagiata.html
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Euproctis plagiata (Walker, 1855) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/euproctis-plagiata, accessed 2025/08/18.