Taxonomic Information
Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Ophthalmitis caritaria (Walker, 1860). Sri Lanka.
Ophthalmitis lectularia Swinhoe,1891
Ophthalmitis diurnaria Guenee,1858
Ophthalmitis cordularia (Swinhoe, 1893). India; Nepal.
Ophthalmitis herbidaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ophthalmitis irrorataria (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Ophthalmitis pertusaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. India; Nepal.
Ophthalmitis striatifera Hampson,1902 . India.
Ophthalmitis sinensium (Oberthür, 1913). India.
Ophthalmitis xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Ophthalmitis kalakadaria Sato, 2014. S. & W. India.
Described from Tamil Nadu by Sato (2014). These records from Goa and Maharashtra are the first records of Ophthalmitis kalakadaria Sato, 2014 from Western India and extend the known range of the species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- Ophthalmitis kalakadaria Sato, R. 2014. Six new species of the genus Ophthalmitis (Geometridae, Ennominae) from Southeast Asia and South India, with taxonomic notes on the related species. Tinea 22(5): 318-330. Fig. 33-34
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 178.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ophthalmitis kalakadaria Sato, 2014 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ophthalmitis-kalakadaria, accessed 2025/02/13.