Pycnarmon lactiferalis (Walker, 1859) -

Taxonomic Information

Pycnarmon Lederer, 1863 species known from India. 
Pycnarmon abraxalis (Walker, [1866]). Bhutan; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Pycnarmon aeriferalis (Moore, 1877). India: Sikkim, Port Blair, S. Andamans. 
Pycnarmon alboflavalis (Moore, 1888). Bhutan; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794). Sri Lanka; India. 
Pycnarmon dryocentra (Meyrick, 1933). India: Sikkim, Assam, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Pycnarmon jaguaralis (Guenée, 1854). Bhutan; India: Assam. 
Pycnarmon lactiferalis (Walker, 1859). India. 
Pycnarmon marginalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim. 
Pycnarmon meritalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Pycnarmon nebulosalis Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka. 
Pycnarmon obinusalis Walker, 1859. Eastern Pakistan; India: W India. 
Pycnarmon pulchralis (Swinhoe, 1901). Myanmar. 
Pycnarmon radiata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Pycnarmon virgatalis Moore, 1867. Sri Lanka; India: Bengal.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Pycnarmon lactiferalis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total21

Pycnarmon lactiferalis (Walker, 1859): Vitex canescens (Lamiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

  1. OD: Zebronia lactiferalis Walker, 1859. Cat. Lep. 17: 480. TL: India. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/500/mode/1up
  2. 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. 259, # 4778. 
  3. 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. 11E. 
  4. http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Pycnarmon_lactiferalis.html
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/625961-Pycnarmon-lactiferalis
  6. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273157
 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pycnarmon lactiferalis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/pycnarmon-lactiferalis, accessed 2024/11/10.