Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Semidonta basalis -
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Notodonta basalis, Moore, 1865. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 813. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90412#page/925/mode/1up.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Plate 31/9.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig.Pg. 164, # 297, Fig. 101 as Hyperaeschra basalis.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/01_NOTODONTIDAE/07_Ptilodontinae/16_Semidonta/Semidonta_basalis/Semidonta_basalis.htm [accessed 25 July 2021]
- http://twmoth.tesri.gov.tw/peo/MothQuery?F=Notodontidae&G=Semidonta&S=Semidonta%20basalis [accessed 20 May 2021]
Other Notes
Similar species: Hyperaeschrella nigribasis (Hampson, 1893) but can be separated based on FW pattern.
Both species in MON Part 1, Tinea 13 (Sup.2), Pl. 31/8 & 9.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Semidonta basalis (Moore, 1865) – . 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/semidonta-basalis, accessed 2025/10/24.