Taxonomic Information
Hamodes Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Hamodes lutea (Walker, [1863]). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh.
Hamodes pendleburyi Prout, 1932. India: NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Hamodes propitia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Goa, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 |
- Ophisma lutea Walker, [1863] 1864, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 7: 180. TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8581036#page/190/mode/1up
- Ophisma amabilis Walker, 1869, Char. undescr. Lep. Heterocera, p. 91. TL: Benares. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18416170#page/101/mode/1up (female)
- Kalmina ochracea Swinhoe, 1891; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (4): 481, pl. 19, f. 3; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1891roya2/page/481/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg. 106.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pl. 11/22-24.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/species/hamodes-lutea
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/346446-Hamodes-lutea
Note: Underside markings support ID.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Hamodes lutea (Walker, [1863]) – . 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/hamodes-lutea, accessed 2026/03/04.