Subspecies in India
Subspecies known from India.
Organopoda carnearia himalaica Prout, 1938
Organopoda annulifera signifera Prout, 1938. India: Meghalaya (Khasis).
Taxonomic Information
Organopoda Hampson, 1893 species known from India.
Organopoda annulifera (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharmshala), Meghalaya (Khasis).
Organopoda carnearia (Walker, 1861). India: Kerala, West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL).
Organopoda brevipalpis Prout, 1926. Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Organopoda carnearia (Walker, 1861).
Palpi is shorter in Organopoda annulifera (compared with Organopoda carnearia (Walker, 1861)) , colour is paler, cell spots large with grey centres, postmedial line of forewing more waved. Underside, without the postmedial line.
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- Anisodes annulifera Butler, 1889. Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Colln Br. Mus., 7: 22, 107, pl. 136, fig. 10. Syntypes, India: Kangra district, Dharmsala (NHMUK). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/117/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/165/mode/1up
- Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 452, # 3945, Fig. 204.
- Moths of Nepal, Part 1, plate 5, fig.19.
- Cui, L., Xue, D. and Jiang, N., 2019. A review of Organopoda Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China, with description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4651(3), pp. 434-444. Fig. 1.
- Sihvonen, P., Murillo‐Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Staude, H. and Wahlberg, N., 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Sterrhinae moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): towards a global classification. Systematic Entomology, 45(3), pp.606-634. For tribal placement in Cyllopodini.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Organopoda annulifera (Butler, 1889) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/organopoda-annulifera, accessed 2025/08/04.