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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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Polythlipta divaricata Moore, [1886]: Phaseolus sp.(Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Polythlipta divaricata Moore, 1885. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. – L. Reeve, London. i–xvi, 1–578, pls 144–214. Pg. 311. Pl. 179. TL: Sri Lanka.
- Irungbam, J.S., Chib, M.S. & Wangdi, K. (2016) Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 9, 355–382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.06.004. Figure 11 B
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/63_Crambidae/6109_Pyraustinae/610906602_Polythlipta_divaricata/Polythlipta_divaricata.htm
- http://mothtaiwan.blogspot.in/2010/01/polythlipta-divaricata-moore-1886.html
- Hampson, G. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 366, # 5064
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polythlipta divaricata Moore, [1886] – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/polythlipta-divaricata, accessed 2025/11/03.