Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Arctiinae > Arctiini > Spilosomina > Pangora
Pangora matherana Moore, 1879
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Pangora matherana
Pangora matherana rubelliana
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Pangora matherana Moore, 1879: Algae on rocks and tree trunks (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goa | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
A very variable species see note below:
"P. erosa has more white colour at the base of the forewing and the ground colour is a little bit different. Quite good figures of the females are in Seitz: Bombyces et Sphinges Indoaustraliens, Pl. 10/a." per comms Dr Karel Cerny
List of Pangora Moore, 1879 known from India.
Pangora coorgensis (Hampson, 1916), India (South India).
Pangora distorta Moore, 1879, India (NW Himalayas).
Pangora erosa (Walker, 1855), India (South India).
Pangora matherana Moore, 1879, India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris), Kerala, Goa).
"P. erosa has more white colour at the base of the forewing and the ground colour is a little bit different. Quite good figures of the females are in Seitz: Bombyces et Sphinges Indoaustraliens, Pl. 10/a." per comms Dr Karel Cerny
List of Pangora Moore, 1879 known from India.
Pangora coorgensis (Hampson, 1916), India (South India).
Pangora distorta Moore, 1879, India (NW Himalayas).
Pangora erosa (Walker, 1855), India (South India).
Pangora matherana Moore, 1879, India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris), Kerala, Goa).
References:
- Hampson, 1901, Catalogue Lepidoptera Phalaenae British Museum 3: pg. 362, f. 159
- http://www.insecta-web.org/cgi-bin/MWM/vk/dysplay_virt_koll.pl?id=547&fam=Arctiidae&t=t_entry [accessed 07 February 2017]
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Anonymous. 2022. Pangora matherana Moore, 1879. 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/355966/Pangora-matherana
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