Taxonomic Information
Polythlipta Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Polythlipta cerealis Lederer, 1863. India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh.
Polythlipta distorta Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Tamil Nadu (?), Kerala (?).
Polythlipta divaricata Moore, 1885. India: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Polythlipta euroalis Swinhoe, 1889. India: NE India, Assam (Sivasagar), West Bengal.
Polythlipta inconspicua Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya.
Polythlipta liquidalis Leech, 1889.
Polythlipta macralis Lederer, 1863.
Polythlipta ossealis Lederer, 1863. India: Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya; Bhutan.
Polythlipta peragrata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Polythlipta rivulalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim.
Polythlipta vagalis Walker, 1866. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Polythlipta cerealis Lederer, 1863: Jasminum arborescens (oleracea) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Polythlipta cerealis Lederer, 1863. Wien. Ent. Mon., 1863: 477.
- 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. 365, # 5062.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Plate 126/15.
- Irungbam, J.S., M.S. Chib & K. Wangdi, 2016. Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (3): 355-382G. Fig 11 A
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124871-Polythlipta-cerealis
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/50_PYRALOIDEA/Crambidae/63.9_Pyraustinae/Polythlipta/Polythlipta%20cerealis/Polythlipta%20cerealis.htm [accessed 26 August 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Polythlipta cerealis Lederer, 1863 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/polythlipta-cerealis, accessed 2024/04/24.