Taxonomic Information
Biston Leach, 1815 species known from India.
Biston bengaliaria (Guenee, [1858]).India: Uttarakhand east to Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Biston betularia cognataria (Guenée, [1858]). India: Western Himalaya, Solan, Simla, Kharapathar, Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh.
Biston contectaria Walker, 1863. India: Canara, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim.
Biston falcata (Warren, 1893). India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. Species complex.
Biston mediolata Jiang, Xue & Han, 2011. India: Mizoram.
Biston panterianaria (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Biston porphyria (Butler, 1889). India: Kangara district, Himachal Pradesh.
Biston regalis (Moore, 1888). India: Himalaya, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Biston sinuata Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Biston strigaria (Moore, 1879). India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Biston suppressaria (Guenee, [1858]). India; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Biston strigaria Moore, 1879 is very similar to Biston suppressaria suppressaria (Guenee, [1858]) based on external morphology, and are best separated by comparing male genitalia.
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Buzara strigaria Moore, 1879. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 416. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90455#page/160/mode/1up
- Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3. Pl. 188, 1, 1a. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9340443#page/691/mode/1up
- 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 183.
- Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. Pl. 3/53.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Biston strigaria (Moore, 1879) – . 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/biston-strigaria, accessed 2025/10/24.