Taxonomic Information
Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 species known from India, Nepal & Myanmar.
Phlogophora albovittata (Moore, 1867). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur; Nepal.
Phlogophora burmana (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora butvili Gyulai & Saldaitis, 2019. Myanmar.
Phlogophora calamistrata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Sikkim; Bhutan.
Phlogophora conservuloides (Hampson, 1898). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora costalis (Moore, 1882). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora discisignata (Moore, 1867). India: Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Bhutan
Phlogophora distorta (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora gustavssoni (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora humilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora malaisei (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Phlogophora meticulodina (Draudt, 1950). India: Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora nobilis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora pectinata (Warren, 1888). India: Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; Nepal.
Phlogophora plumbeola (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora similis Bandyopadhyay, Mallick, Sanyal & Chandra 2021. India: West Bengal
Phlogophora sinuata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjiling), Sikkim; Nepal.
Phlogophora striatovirens (Moore, 1867). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Phlogophora subpurpurea Leech, 1900. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal.
Phlogophora szecsenyii Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. India: Sikkim; Nepal.
Phlogophora violacea (Berio, 1972). Myanmar.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- , # 1744, pg 218 as Euplexia distorta.
- pl 15/21.
- Bandyopadhyay, U., Dey, R., Bhattacharyya, K., Mallick, K., Mazumder, A., Gayen, S., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K., Kumar, V., Uniyal, V.P. and Chandra, K., 2021. Taxonomy and ecology of genus Phlogophora Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Indian Himalaya with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5004(2), pp.311-342. Fig. 8.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Phlogophora distorta (Moore, 1881) – . 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/phlogophora-distorta, accessed 2026/05/13.