Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Euteliidae > Stictoperinae > Lophoptera
Lophoptera illucida (Walker, 1865)
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Lophoptera illucida
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Lophoptera illucida (Walker, 1865): Bridelia stipularis (Phyllanthaceae), Hopea parviflora, Hopea ponga, Shorea robusta, Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Lophoptera leucostriga Hampson, (1905)
Lophoptera leucostriga is a similar species with lenticular marking on FW dorsum. Extarlimital species that has this mark smaller, rufous (usually dark brown in illucida), & with creamy white lenticular mark submarginally centrally.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-14/stictopterinae/stictopterinae_6_8.php
Lophoptera leucostriga is a similar species with lenticular marking on FW dorsum. Extarlimital species that has this mark smaller, rufous (usually dark brown in illucida), & with creamy white lenticular mark submarginally centrally.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-14/stictopterinae/stictopterinae_6_8.php
References:
- Stictoptera illucida Walker, 1865. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 33: 918. Syntypes: [India]: Hindostan (BMNH). Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/918/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg 403, #2288 as Stictoptera illucida.
- Sietz, A. (Ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol 12, pg. 375 & Pl. 35a & b.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 42/16-19.
- Qi, F., Wang, K., Xue, D. and Yang, D., 2011. A taxonomic revision of the Stictopterinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae) in China. Zootaxa, 2926(1), pp.1-45. Pg 19 & figs 60-63
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=583375 [accessed 30 April 2021]
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Euteliidae > Stictoperinae > Lophoptera
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Lophoptera illucida (Walker, 1865). 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/357669/Lophoptera-illucida
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