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Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Ennominae > Plutodini > Plutodes

Plutodes costatus Butler, 1886

Plutodes costatus

Plutodes costatus
Plutodes costatus
Plutodes costatus
Plutodes costatus
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
Nagaland
Uttarakhand
All states
Similiar species:
Plutodes warreni. See notes in P. warreni. 
Other members of Plutodes costatus group; many of which are extralimital. 
References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs, pg 161, # 3126
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal pl 7:24, 100:15
  3. Stüning, D. 2010. Two new species of the Plutodes costatus-group from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae). Bonn zoological Bulletin Volume 57 Issue 1 pp. 75–83 Pdf

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Anonymous. 2021. Plutodes costatus Butler, 1886. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355300/Plutodes-costatus
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