MOI website produced by:

Indian Foundation for Butterflies



MOI by the numbers:

No. of species pages: 2,523
No. of lifecycle pages: 179
No. of images: 28,010
No. of website visits: site visit count
No. of unique visitors:Unique visitors
Since 2015

Also see the latest images
Search:
Advance search
 

Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Eupterotidae > Eupterotinae > Eupterotini > Ganisa

Ganisa similis Moore, 1884

Lepindex mentions that Ganisa similis is junior synonym and valid name is Ganisa postica Mell, 1929.
Kishida states in Moths of Nepal that both G. plana and G. similis are valid species with images for both. Kishida’s believes that G. postica is distributed in S. India and Sri Lanka while G. similis ranges from N. India to Sundaland. Smetacek (2008), however, lists both similis and postica from Nainital.

Ganisa similis

Ganisa similis
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arunachal Pradesh
All states
Similiar species:
Per Moths of Borneo part 3, “The oblique dark shading to the forewing distinguishes this species from plana”.

References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1892. 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 49, # 59 as Ganisa postica
  2. Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 305. Pg. 47, Pl. 6/3-4. Taxonomic note 16.
  3. Holloway, J. D. 1987. Moths of Borneo. Bombycoidea: Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae. Website accessed June 2015.
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal Part 3, pg 64, pl 77/9. 

Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Eupterotidae > Eupterotinae > Eupterotini > Ganisa


Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Ganisa similis Moore, 1884. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/354979/Ganisa-similis
Share on facebook email page Share by email