Taxonomic Information
Pterogonia Swinhoe, 1891 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Pterogonia aurigutta (Walker, 1858). (Thalatta). India (N.E. Himalaya, Andamans, Sikkim, Jharkhand); Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bhutan.
Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976. India (Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh).
Pterogonia cassidata Warren, 1916. India (Karnataka).
Pterogonia episcopalis Swinhoe, 1891. India (Nagaland, Nilgiris, Kerala, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu); Nepal.
Pterogonia nubes (Hampson, 1893). India (Mizoram, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pterogonia cardinalis -
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| Total | 1 |
- Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976. Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 28; TL: E.Java, Singolangoe Tengger
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls.. Pl.31/51.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/westermanniinae/westermanniinae_3_3.php
- http://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Pterogonia_Cardinalis_En [accessed 30 July 2021]
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chlo/cardinalis.html [accessed 30 July 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369088
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pterogonia cardinalis Holloway, 1976 – . 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/pterogonia-cardinalis, accessed 2025/11/01.