Xanthorhoe spp. Hübner, 1825 -

Taxonomic Information

Xanthorhoe Hübner, [1825] species known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Xanthorhoe castanea Warren, 1901. India: Gourais Valley, Kashmir.
Xanthorhoe curcumata (Moore, 1988). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Xanthorhoe curcumoides Prout, 1923. India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Xanthorhoe designata Hufnagel, 1767.
Xanthorhoe fumipennis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft.
Xanthorhoe griseiviridis (Hampson, 1896).
Xanthorhoe hampsoni Prout, 1925. India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Xanthorhoe magnificata (Walker, 1862). India: Nilgiri Hills.
Xanthorhoe mecoterma (Prout, 1938). India: Kashmir Valley, 8500ft.
Xanthorhoe molata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). Sri Lanka; India: Nilgiris.
Xanthorhoe saturata (Guenée, [1858]). India: NW Himalaya, E. Himalaya, Nilgiris (Hampson, 1895). 
Xanthorhoe trusa Prout, 1939. India: Palni Hills.

Xanthorhoe sordidata (Moore, 1885) is now listed as Visiana sordidata (Moore, 1885) (Schmidt, 2006). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra3121
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand31
West Bengal
Total31511

Schmidt, O., 2006. Visiana sordidata (Moore), a complex of species from the Indo-Pacific region (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Spixiana, 29(1), p.77.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Xanthorhoe spp. Hübner, 1825 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/xanthorhoe-spp, accessed 2024/05/03.