Taxonomic Information
Mimochroa Warren, 1894 species known from India and Nepal.
Mimochroa angulifascia (Moore, 1888). Nepal, India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Mimochroa albifrons (Moore, 1888).India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL), Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh.
Mimochroa gynopteridia (Butler, 1880). NE Himalayas; Nepal.
Mimochroa hypoxantha (Kollar, 1844). Western Himalaya.
Mimochroa lugens Butler, 1880. Eastern Himalaya; Nepal.
Mimochroa viridescens Warren, 1894. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Mimochroa hypoxantha (Kollar, [1844]) group consists of viridescens, lugens and hypoxantha; all of which occur in seasonal colour forms. Further studies are needed to resolve the status of these species (Stüning, 2000).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Hyperythra angulifascia Moore, 1878. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 851, pl. 53, f. 11; TL: Upper Tenasserim, Moolai. Text at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen782zool#page/851/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen782zool#page/n435/mode/1up.
- Mimochroa salentia Swinhoe, 1915. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93): 183; TL: Gédé, Java. Text at https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof8161915lond#page/183/mode/1up
- Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 305, pl. 51. Pg. 130, Pl. 44/2.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 72/13.
- Stüning, D., 2000. Additional notes on the Ennominae of Nepal, with descriptions of eight new species (Geometridae). In Haruta, T. (Ed.), Moths of Nepal, part 6. Tinea 16 (Suppl. 1): 94-152, pls 170-172.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Mimochroa angulifascia (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/mimochroa-angulifascia, accessed 2026/02/15.