Lepidoptera > Zygaenoidea > Epipyropidae > Fulgoraecia
Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939)
- Images
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939): Pyrilla (Z) perpusilla (Insecta) (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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Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
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Similiar species:
References:
- OD: Epipyrops melanoleuca Fletcher, 1939. A new Epipyrops from India (Lep., Epipyropidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 30(3), pp.293-294.
- Kumar, R., Mittal, V., Chutia, P. and Ramamurthy, V.V., 2015. Taxonomy of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939),(Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) in India, a biological control agent of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae). Zootaxa, 3974(3), pp.431-439.
- Sankararaman, H., Naveenadevi, G. and Manickavasagam, S., 2020. Occurrence of Fulgoraecia (= Epiricania) melanoleuca (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) as a parasitoid of sugarcane lophopid planthopper Pyrilla perpusilla in Tamil Nadu (India) with brief notes on its life stages. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(8), pp.15927-15931.
Lepidoptera > Zygaenoidea > Epipyropidae > Fulgoraecia
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sankararaman, H. 2022. Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939). 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/357243/Fulgoraecia-melanoleuca