Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877 -

Taxonomic Information

Rivula Guenée, [1845] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Rivula aequalis (Walker, 1863). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula albistriga (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Rivula anaemica Hampson, 1926. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala). 
Rivula auripalpis (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala). 
Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891. India: S. India, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877. India: Uttarakhand, Delhi, Goa, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman Is. (TL: Port Blair); Sri Lanka.
Rivula cognata Hampson, 1912. W. & S. India, Maharshtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862). W. & S. India, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Rivula cyanepuncta Hampson, 1907. Bhutan. 
Rivula leucosticta Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula microcyma Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula microsticta Hampson, 1926. Bhutan. 
Rivula niveipuncta Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula ochracea (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Calcutta), Meghalaya. 
Rivula pallida Moore, 1882. India: Kolkata, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Rivula plumipes Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Rivula sordida (Walker, [1863]. India: NE India. 
Rivula striatura Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763). India; Sri Lanka. Rivula ochracea (Moore, 1882) is a treated as synonym. 
Rivula simulatrix Hampson, 1912. India: Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Rivula trilineata Moore, 1888. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Meghalaya, West Bengal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Rivula bioculalis -

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand121
West Bengal
Total11321
Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877: Oryza sativa, Panicum spp. (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. OD: Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (3): 614; TL: Andamans Is., Port Blair. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen772zool/page/614/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. pg. 253. 
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pgs 334-335, #2102. 
  4. Holloway, J. D. 2008. Moths of Borneo 17. Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Rivulinae, Phytometrinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae and Hypenodinae Malayan Nature J. 60 (1-4) : 1-268. pg. 8, pl. 9/5. 
  5. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 5/45-46. 
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/523573-Rivula-bioculalis
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/rivulinae/rivulinae_1_3.php

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877 – . 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/rivula-bioculalis, accessed 2026/03/17.