Taxonomic Information
Nosymna Walker, 1864 species known from India.
Nosymna lapillata Meyrick, 1914. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjiling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Nosymna punctata (Walsingham, 1900). India: Sikkim (TL), Assam, Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Nosymna lapillata Meyrick, 1914
Nosymna lapillata Meyrick, 1914; J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 23 (1): 127; TL: Darjiling. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn231914bomb/page/127/mode/1up
States that Nosymna lapillata differs from punctata which has pectinnated antennae. Nosymna lapillata has simple ciliated antennae. Nosymna lapillata is abdomen greyish white. HW is ochreous greyish-white.
From the above species, N. punctata differs by pectinated antennae, N. repletella by barred cilia of forewings, N. stipella by dark grey hindwings; the last two species are extralimital.
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| Total | 2 |
- Androgyne punctata Walsingham, 1900; Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (2): 566; TL: Sikkim, 1000-4000ft. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueofeaste02univrich/page/566/mode/1up
- Heppner, J.B., 1995. Lacturidae, new family (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, pp.146-148. For family placement.
- https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/oum-catalogue-39046
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Nosymna punctata (Walsingham, 1900) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.2. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/nosymna-punctata, accessed 2026/04/24.