Taxonomic Information
Perixera Meyrick, 1886 species known from S India (Kirti et al. 2019; Kumar et al. 2014):
Perixera absconditaria (Walker, [1863]). S. India.
Perixera arenosaria Moore, 1887. Sri Lanka.
Perixera argentosa (Prout, 1920). India: Tamil Nadu (Travancore), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Perixera decretariodes Holloway, 1997. India: N.E. Himalaya.
Perixera griseata belgaumensis (Prout, 1938). India: Karnataka (Belgaum).
Perixera insitiva (Prout, 1920). S. India.
Perixera interpulsata (Walker, 1861). India.
Perixera illepidaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Bihar.
Perixera obrinaria (Guenée, [1858]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Provisionally identified as Perixera insitiva (Prout, 1920).
Similar species: Perixera obliviaria (Walker, 1861).
Prout mentions leg structure needed to separate obliviaria and insitiva. Underside and legs structure needed for identification with certainty.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Perixera obliviaria (Walker, 1861).
Prout mentions leg structure needed to separate obliviaria and insitiva. Underside and legs structure needed for identification with certainty.
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| Total | 1 |
- Anisodes insitiva Prout, 1920. Nov. Zool. 27:275. South India (TL: Palni Hills). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3242914#page/311/mode/1up
- Anisodes insitiva; Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 12, pg. 166, fig 17h.
- 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. Image 7
- https://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/FBMothInfo/127596
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/new_combinations.php
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/cosymbiini/cosymbiini_6_34.php
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=283135
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Perixera insitiva Prout, 1920 – . 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/perixera-insitiva, accessed 2025/11/03.