
Taxonomic Information
Patania Moore, 1888 species from the Indian subcontinent
Patania balteata (Fabricius, 1798). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Patania caletoralis (Walker, 1859). N. India.
Patania characteristica (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Patania concatenalis (Walker, [1866]). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Patania costalis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Patania deficiens (Moore, [1886]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Patania flavispila (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Patania fraterna (Moore, [1886]). Sri Lanka.
Patania imbecilis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Patania iopasalis (Walker, 1859). India.
Patania jatingaensis (Rose & Singh, 1989). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Patania menoni (Kirti & Gill, 2007). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Patania mysisalis (Walker, 1859). India?
Patania obfuscalis Yamanaka, 1998. Nepal; India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Patania palliventralis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim.
Patania plagiatalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka.
Patania ruralis (Scopoli, 1763). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Patania sabinusalis (Walker, 1859). India?
Patania scinisalis (Walker, 1859). Himalayas.
Patania ultimalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Patania verecunda (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Loxoscia verecunda Warren, 1896. New species of Pyralidæ from the Khasia Hills. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology (6); xviii, pg. 167; TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628350#page/179/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 333, # 4966 as Sylepta verecunda.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 125/17.
- Kirt, J. S & N. S. Gill. 2007. Revival of genus Patania Moore and reporting on a new species menoni (Pyraustinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of Entomological Research. 31-3, pp 265-275.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Patania verecunda (Warren, 1896) – . 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/patania-verecunda, accessed 2025/02/09.