Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Hulodini > Lacera
Lacera noctilio (Fabricius, 1794)
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Lacera noctilio
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Lacera noctilio (Fabricius, 1794): Caesalpinia spp. (Fabaceae), Canthium spp. (Rubiaceae), Pisonia spp. (Nyctaginaceae) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Lacera procellosa Butler, 1879 has white finger-like marking parallel to dorsum of FW, while in noctilio, it is somewhat perpendicular to dorsum.
Lacera Guenée, 1852 species known from India
Lacera alope (Cramer, [1780]). India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Lacera noctilio (Fabricius, 1794). Indian subregion.
Lacera procellosa Butler, 1879. India; Nepal.
Lacera uniformis Holloway, 1979. Indian subregion.
Lacera Guenée, 1852 species known from India
Lacera alope (Cramer, [1780]). India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Lacera noctilio (Fabricius, 1794). Indian subregion.
Lacera procellosa Butler, 1879. India; Nepal.
Lacera uniformis Holloway, 1979. Indian subregion.
References:
- OD: Noctua noctilio Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Sys. 3 (2): 12. TL: India.
- Lacera capella Guenée, 1852. In Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Lepid) 7:337.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 38, Pl. 9/21-23
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/noctilio.html [accessed 03 September 2020]
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_2_1.php
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=76920 [accessed 03 September 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355437-Lacera-noctilio
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Erebinae > Hulodini > Lacera
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Lacera noctilio (Fabricius, 1794). 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/357336/Lacera-noctilio
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