Protonoceras capitalis (Fabricius, 1794) -

Taxonomic Information

Protonoceras Warren, 1890 species known from India. 
Protonoceras capitalis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Tamil Nadu, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha. 
Protonoceras dolopsalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: South India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Protonoceras capitalis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka2
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand111
West Bengal
Total11121113
  1. OD: Phalaena capitalis Fabricius, 1794. Entomologica systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. – C. G. Proft et C. F. Mohr, Hafniae et Kiliae. 1–349. TL: India [Tranquebariae]
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pg. 109, Pl. 126/20. Listed as Protonoceras capitale.
  3. http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Protonoceras_capitale.html [accessed 21 July 2020]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Protonoceras capitalis (Fabricius, 1794) – . 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/protonoceras-capitalis, accessed 2024/04/19.