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Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Ennominae > Gnophini > Psyra

Psyra angulifera Walker, 1867

Psyra angulifera

Psyra angulifera
Psyra angulifera
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
Himachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
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Similiar species:
P. cuneata. Hampson,1895 only difference is the ground colour which is purplish fuscous in angulifera and yellowish brown in cuneata. Hampson states in the eastern form, similaria (now treated as a species), bright yellow.
References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometrida, pg 222, # 3289.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal.  pl. 11/2 erroneously mentioned as annulifera.
  3. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=396711 [accessed 14 Oct 2015]

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Anonymous. 2021. Psyra angulifera Walker, 1867. 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/355377/Psyra-angulifera
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