Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Nygmiini > Nygmia
Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790])
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Nygmia icilia
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Female has grey bands of forewing; male has orange bands.
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||||
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| All states |
Similiar species:
Nygmia Hübner, [1820] species from Indian subcontinent
Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]). India; Sri Lanka.
Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]). India; Sri Lanka.
Nygmia marginata (Moore, 1879). West Bengal; Nepal.
Nygmia plana (Walker, 1856). Himalayas, Andamans; Nepal.
Nygmia plana (Walker, 1856). Himalayas, Andamans; Nepal.
Nygmia staudingeri (Leech, [1889]). Arunachal Pradesh.
Nygmia uniformis (Moore, 1879). West Bengal; Nepal.
References:
- Phalaena icilia Stoll, [1790]; Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 158, 183, pl. 35, f. 5; TL: Coromandel coast, Tranquebar. Text (German) at https://archive.org/stream/aanhangselvanhet1791stol#page/158/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/CUbiodiversity1277042-9600#page/n266/mode/1up
- 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 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 479, # 1084 as Euproctis icilia.
- Wang, Wahlberg, Holloway, Bergsten, Fan, Janzen, Hallwachs, Wen, Wang & Nylin, 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions Cladistics 31 (6) : 579-592. For tribal placement.
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Nygmia_Icilia [accessed 29 August 2020]
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]). 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/357332/Nygmia-icilia
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