Lepidoptera > Pyraloidea > Crambidae > Spilomelinae > Herpetogrammatini > Herpetogramma
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854) – Tropical Sod Webworm
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
and Herpetogramma licarsisalis
are best separated using external morphology, genitalia and molecular data.
- Images
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis – Tropical Sod Webworm
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Similar species: Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 402. Differs from H. licarsisalis in being usually slightly darker, with a slight purplish suffusion, and the discocellular spot of fore wing more prominent. Forewing with no tuft of hair on underside of costa. Fore legs not clothed with hair near the femero-tibial joint.
References:
- OD: Botys phaeopteralis Guenée, 1854; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 349
- http://www.afromoths.net/species/show/13402
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/herpetogramma%20phaeopteralis.html
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.Pg. 402. As Pachyzancla phaeopteralis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 142/26
- Landry, B., 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae sl) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 123 (2), pp.315-399. Fig. 20-21.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854) – Tropical Sod Webworm. 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/357349/Herpetogramma-phaeopteralis
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