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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Calpinae > Calpinae incertae sedis > Hyperlopha

Hyperlopha cristifera (Walker, 1865)

Hyperlopha cristifera

Hyperlopha cristifera
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
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Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
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Karnataka
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Similiar species:
Hyperlopha compactilis (Swinhoe, 1890) from Myanmar.
References:
  1. Ephyrodes cristifera Walker, 1865. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1071; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1071/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Catada epops Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 120, f. 42; TL: Sri Lanka. Plate at https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n315/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Zethes irrorata Hampson, 1893; 28, 113, pl. 165, f. 12; TL: Ceylon, Dickoya
  4. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 19, #2757 for male & female.
  5. 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. 52, Pl. 13/22 for male.
  6. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/calp/cristifera.html [accessed 31 July 2021]
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_ii/miscellaneousii_14_2.php
  8. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202700-Hyperlopha-cristifera


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Anonymous. 2021. Hyperlopha cristifera (Walker, 1865). 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/357936/Hyperlopha-cristifera
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