Garudinia latana (Walker, 1863) -

Taxonomic Information

Garudinia Moore, 1882 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Garudinia biguttata Rothschild, 1912. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Garudinia biplagiata Hampson, 1896. India: Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan. 
Garudinia conjuncta Kirti & Gill, 2009. S. India.
Garudinia latana (Walker, 1863). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka. 
Garudinia pseudosimulana Kirti & Gill, 2009. S. India. 
Garudinia simulana (Walker, 1863). India: Manipur; Nicobar Is.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. Tospitis latana Walker, 1863; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 28: 427; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2728brit/page/427/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Garudinia latana; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 59, pl. 103, f. 2. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey02moor/page/59/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey02moor/page/n238/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 262, fig. 178), Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/262/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Holloway, J. D. 2001. The Moths of Borneo (part 7); Family Arctiidae: Subfamily Lithosiinae. Malayan Nature Journal 55: 279-486. (Fig. 149 for female genitalia). 
  5. Kirti, J. S. , Gill, N. S. 2009. Two new species of Garudinia Moore (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 12(1): 9-13 (key).
  6. Černý, K. & A. Pinratana . 2009. Moths of Thailand. Volume 6, Arctiidae. Bangkok, Brothers of St Gabriel in Thailand. 283 pp., 56 pls. Pg. 108-109. Pl. 22/215 a,b).
  7. Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls.Pg. 127, Pl. 57/21. 
  8. Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2025. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region: Part 2. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 35(1): 1-13. Pg. 5-6, (Figure 1G, Figure 4A, Figure 8G). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Garudinia latana (Walker, 1863) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/garudinia-latana, accessed 2025/07/04.