Taxonomic Information
Psilotagma Warren, 1894 species known from India.
Psilotagma decorata Warren, 1894. Bhutan (TL).
Psilotagma pictaria (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Psilotagma decorata Warren, 1894
Psilotagma decorata Warren, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (4): 678; TL: Bhutan. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi01lond/page/678/mode/1up?view=theater
Pitkin, L. M., H. Hongxiang & S. James. 2007. Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. Fig. 31.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
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| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Pachyodes pictaria Moore, 1888. Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson, pg. 248. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/266/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 475, #4021. As Pseudoterpna pictaria.
- Seitz, A. (Ed), 1932. Macro. Lep. Vol. 12, pg. 55.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 2/13.
- Pitkin, L. M., H. Hongxiang & S. James. 2007. Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. For transfer from Pachyodes to Psilotagma.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 97.10 as Pachyodes pictaria.
- Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P., Hausmann, A., Holm, S., Ghanavi, H. R., Õunap, E., Truuverk, A., Staude, H., Friedrich, E., Tammaru, T. 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ 7, p.e7386: 1-39. For tribal placement.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196371
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Psilotagma pictaria (Moore, 1888) – . 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/psilotagma-pictaria, accessed 2025/11/06.