Taxonomic Information
Transferred from Antitrygodes to Scopula (Sihvonen, 2005).
List of known Antitrygodes from India based on Kirti et al. (2019):
Antitrygodes agrata vicina (Thierry-Mieg, 1907).
Antitrygodes cuneilinea (Walker, 1862). Transferred from Antitrygodes to Scopula (Sihvonen, 2005).
Antitrygodes divisaria divisaria (Walker, 1861). India: Kanara, Karnataka.
Antitrygodes vicina (Thierry-Mieg, 1907). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Scopula cuneilinea (Walker, [1863]) - Adina cordifolia, Breonia sp., Breonia chinensis, Mitragyna diversifolia (Rubiaceae), Maranta sp. (Marantaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010), Neolamarckia cadamba (Rubiaceae) (Pal, 2025).
- OD: Geometra cuneilinea Walker, [1863]. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 26 Geometrites (continued) pg. 1752, TL: Canara and Celebes.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae, pg 461, # 3974 as Trygodes cuneilinea.
- Sihvonen, P., 2005. Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143(4), pp.473-530.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992-2000. Moths of Nepal. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pl. 67/14.
Note: Transferred from Antitrygodes to Scopula (Sihvonen, 2005) on 11 Dec 2022 (SS).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Scopula cuneilinea (Walker, [1863]) – . 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/scopula-cuneilinea, accessed 2025/10/28.


