Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Gonoclostera argentata Oberthür, 1914 is an extralimital species (China), externally similar to Gonoclostera aurosigna (Hampson, 1895); best separated by examining genitalia.
Note: The record of this species from Kerala, is a new record from S. India. This either represents a range extension or is a different species. Examination of genitalia is required.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | |||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Plusiogramma aurosigna Hampson, 1895; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 278, (Male illustrated on Pg 279); TL: Burma, Tenasserim, Donaut Range. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1895roya/page/278/mode/1up?view=theater
- Moths of Borneo, Part 4. Species page from online version of MOB: https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-4/plusiogramma/notodontidae_65_1.php [Accessed 1 Oct 2023]
- Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand,Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. #275, Pg. 243, Pl. 39/275.
- Chandra, K., Mazumder, A., Sanyal, A.K., Ash, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mallick, K. and Raha, A., 2018. Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 4505(1), pp.1-84. Pg. 19.
- Joshi, R., Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Mazumder, A., Ranjan, R. and Singh, N. 2021. Insecta : Lepidoptera : Heterocera (Moths). In: Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India : North-East : 511-576. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1162889-Gonoclostera-aurosigna [Accessed 1 Oct 2023]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Gonoclostera aurosigna (Hampson, 1895) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/gonoclostera-aurosigna, accessed 2025/11/18.






