Taxonomic Information
Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Pangrapta albistigma (Hampson, 1898). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL); Nepal.
Pangrapta cinerea (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala: TL).
Pangrapta ferrugineiceps (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan (TL).
Pangrapta grisangula (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris (TL). Probably a synonym of Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852).
Pangrapta molybdina Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya.
Pangrapta pannosa (Moore, 1882). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Cherrapunji), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Pangrapta perturbans (Walker, 1858). Bangladesh.
Pangrapta shivula (Guenée, 1852). India: “Nilgiris”, Maharashtra; Bangladesh (Sylhet). Indo-Australian tropics.
Pangrapta sublineata Holloway, 2005. NE Himalaya.
Pangrapta talusalis (Walker, [1859]). India.
Pangrapta transducta Hampson, 1926. Myanmar.
Pangrapta trimantesalis (Walker, [1859]). Nepal; Bangladesh; NE Himalaya.
Pangrapta vaga (Walker, 1865). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bhutan; Bangladesh (Sylhet: TL).
Similar spp: Pangrapta lunulata Seitz, 1915 (extralimital) (= P. pseudalbistigma, Yoshimoto, 1993), differences wrt albistigma mentioned in MON.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD:Zethes albistigma Hampson, 1898. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 11, pg. 457, #2731a. TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95309#page/567/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 53/13.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. pg. 71, #335, Pl. 17/10.
- Chettri, P., Matsui, Y., Naka, H. and Tiwari, A., 2021. Checklist of moths (Heterocera) of Tadong, Sikkim, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(12), pp.19837-19848. Fig 69.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pangrapta albistigma (Hampson, 1898) – . 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/pangrapta-albistigma, accessed 2025/10/31.