Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893 -

Taxonomic Information

Petelia Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] species known from India.
Petelia albopunctata (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Petelia delostigma Prout, 1932. 
Petelia distracta (Walker, 1860). India. 
Petelia capitata (Walker, 1867). India; Sri Lanka. 
Petelia fasciata (Moore, 1868). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya. 
Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893. India; Sri Lanka. 
Petelia medardaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1856. Indian subregion. 
Petelia riobearia (Walker, 1860). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
Petelia paroobathra Prout, 1932. India (?); Borneo; Sumatra. 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh22
Assam
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Chandigarh
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
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Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
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Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
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Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total23
  1. Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 140, pl. 168/6 & 12. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/140/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n216/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 8/6. The image shown in MON is not Petelia medardaria but possibly Petelia immaculata.
  3. 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. Images 194-197.
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 329.

Note: Identity of species from Tale WLS confirmed by Dieter Stüning for Sondhi et al. 2021 paper.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Petelia immaculata Hampson, 1893 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/petelia-immaculata, accessed 2024/03/29.