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Argyrocosma inductaria (Guenée,[1858])
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Argyrocosma inductaria
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Argyrocosma inductaria (Guenée, 1857): Buchanania cochinchinensis (Anacardiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Linguisaccus subhyalina, Linguisaccus minor, Comostolodes albicatena & Argyrocosma consobrina. The white marginal beading in this species is not continous and restricted to the end of the veins. In Linguisaccus subhyalina, Linguisaccus minor & Comostolodes albicatena the white marginal beading is prominent and continous. Argyrocosma consobrina, extra-limital (Borneo, Java, and Australia), best separated by genitalia.
References:
- Phodoresima [sic] inductaria Guenée 1857. Hist. nat. Insectes, Spec. gen. Lep., 9: 370.
- Eucrostis smaragdus Hampson, 1891. lllustr. typ. Specimens Lep. Het. Colln. Br. Mus., 8:10.
- Han, H. X., A.C. Galsworthy & D. Y. Xue. 2012. The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (4): 723-772 fig 50.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal pl. 67:4
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_29_2.php [accessed 22 April 2020]
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/inductaria.html
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Argyrocosma inductaria (Guenée,[1858]). 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/355392/Argyrocosma-inductaria
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