Risoba diversipennis (Walker, 1858) -

Taxonomic Information

Risoba Moore, 1881 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Risoba basalis Moore, 1882. India. 
Risoba diphteroides Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Risoba diversipennis (Walker, 1858). India: Punjab, Himalayan Region, Meghalaya; Myanmar.
Risoba flavipennis Hampson, 1895. India; Bhutan; Nepal. 
Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881. India; Sri Lanka.
Risoba obscurivialis Holloway, 2003. India: N.E. Himalaya, West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Risoba prominens Moore,1882. India; Sri Lanka.
Risoba repugnans (Walker, 1856). Indo-Australian tropics. 
Risoba variegata (Moore, 1882). West Bengal; Nepal. 
Risoba vitellina (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Sikkim; Nepal.
Risoba vialis Moore, 1882. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, N.E. Himalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Risoba diversipennis (Walker, 1858): Melastoma (Melastomataceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. Heliothis diversipennis Walker, 1858. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 15: 1750. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1750/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Moore, F. 1881. Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 329. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen81zool/page/329/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 399, # 2279. Lists Risoba basalis as a synonym. 
  4. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/risobinae/risobinae_1_15.php
  5. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=368948

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Risoba diversipennis (Walker, 1858) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/risoba-diversipennis, accessed 2024/12/03.