Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Eligminae > Plotheia
Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858])
- Images
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]): Englerina woodfordioides (Loranthaceae)?, Coffea spp. (Rubiaceae) (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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Similiar species:
List of Plotheia Walker, [1858] 1857 species known from India.
Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]) (Gadirtha). India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka.
Plotheia elongata Hampson, 1898. India (Meghalaya, N. E. Himalaya).
Plotheia occulta (Swinhoe, 1885) (Selepa). India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]) (Gadirtha). India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka.
Plotheia elongata Hampson, 1898. India (Meghalaya, N. E. Himalaya).
Plotheia occulta (Swinhoe, 1885) (Selepa). India (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Nepal.
References:
- Gadirtha decrescens Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1104; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1104/mode/1up?view=theater
- Plotheia frontalis Walker, [1858]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 13: 1109; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1109/mode/1up?view=theater
- Plotheia frontalis Walker, [1858]. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, vol 9. Pg. 106-107; Plate CLXIV. figs. 1-32.
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Anonymous. 2022. Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858]) . 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/357788/Plotheia-decrescens