Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896 -

Taxonomic Information

Nephopterix Hübner, [1825] species known from India.
Nephopterix bicolorella Leech, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie).
Nephopterix eugraphella Ragonot, 1888. India: Punjab, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand.
Nephopterix hypocautella Hampson, 1903. India: Gujarat (TL: Deesa).
Nephopterix nocturnella Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasis); Bhutan (TL).
Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasis), Maharashtra; Bhutan (TL).
Nephopterix rhodobasalis Hampson, 1912. N. India, Madhya Pradesh; Sri Lanka (TL).
Nephopterix rhyparella Ragonot, 1888. India: Kala Pani (TL), N. India, Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Nephopterix rubralis Hampson, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Chennai [Madras]).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896. FBI, Moths of India, Vol 4 pg 78, #4354. TL: Bhutan. 
  2. Mémoires sur les lépidoptères, pg 542, Pl. 152/6. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105033#page/598/mode/1up (in French) & Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105033#page/725/mode/1up
  3. Roger Kendrick PhD Plate 11/24. 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/317915-Nephopterix-ochribasalis

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Nephopterix ochribasalis Hampson, 1896 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/nephopterix-ochribasalis, accessed 2025/08/16.