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 > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Lymantriinae incertae sedis > Cispia

Cispia punctifascia Walker, 1855

Cispia punctifascia

Cispia punctifascia
Cispia punctifascia
Cispia punctifascia
Cispia punctifascia
Cispia punctifascia
Cispia punctifascia
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
Sikkim
West Bengal
All states
Similiar species:
Cispia venosa "Differs from punctifascia in being bright orange. Fore wing bright orange, the band broader and the striae edging it only slightly darker than the ground colour. Underside of both wings with a fucsous maculate band, the apex of fore wing fuscous." Hampson [1893]. 
References:
  1. OD: Cispia punctifascia Walker, 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Pg. 857 TL: Sikkim
  2. 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, pg 492 , # 1125
  3. Holloway, J. D. 1999. The Moths of Borneo.Part 5. Lymantriidae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/incertaesedis/incertae_1_1.php [accessed 10 August 2016]

Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Lymantriinae incertae sedis > Cispia


Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Cispia punctifascia Walker, 1855. 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/355712/Cispia-punctifascia
Share on facebook email page Share by email