Taxonomic Information
Cangetta Moore, [1886] species known from India.
Cangetta albocarnea Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Cangetta homoperalis Hampson, 1899. India: Meghalaya, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka (TL).
Cangetta hartoghialis (Snellen, 1872). India?.
Cangetta rectilinea Moore, [1886]. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Sri Lanka (TL).
Note: Cangetta rectilinea Moore, [1886] is treated as a for Cangetta hartoghialis (Snellen, 1872) by some authors. However, the type locality of hartoghialis is Congo, Africa; hence this probably represent a different species. Hence, we follow http://globiz.pyraloidea.org that list rectilinea as a valid taxon. The status and validity of Cangetta hartoghialis and Cangetta rectilinea as separate species needs to be investigated.
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Similar species: Cangetta hartoghialis (Snellen, 1872)
Parapoynx hartoghialis Snellen, 1872. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, Vol 15 97–98, pl. 7, figs 6,7. TL: Congo. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10839177#page/173/mode/1up.
Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10839177#page/375/mode/1up.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243609-Cangetta-hartoghialis
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=328645
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/hartoghialis.html
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- Cangetta rectilinea Moore, [1886].The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol. 3, pg. 314, Pl. 182/8. Sri Lanka (TL). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/336/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/679/mode/1up
- Cangetta rectilinea; Fauna of British India, Moths of India, Vol 4, pg 137, #4499 and fig 76. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124944#page/169/mode/1up
- Parapoynx griseolalis Hampson, 1893, Pg. 51, Pl 24/12. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/188/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/229/mode/1up
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Cangetta_rectilinea.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cangetta rectilinea Moore, [1886] – . 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/cangetta-rectilinea, accessed 2025/11/22.