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Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Ennominae > Boarmiini > Gnophos

Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858])

Gnophos accipitraria

Gnophos accipitraria
Gnophos accipitraria
Gnophos accipitraria
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
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Himachal Pradesh
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Similiar species:
Numerous very similar species are known from India. Underside markings support identification. 
Gnophos accipitraria Guenée, [1858]
Gnophos albidior (Hampson, 1895)
Gnophos albistellaria (Warren, 1893)
Gnophos orphninaria Hampson, 1902
Gnophos rufitinctaria Hampson, 1902
Gnophos tephrosiaria Moore, 1888
References:
  1. OD: Gnophos accipitraria Guenée, [1858]. Phal. i, 300, 476.
  2. 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. 252, # 3368 as Gnophos accipitrarius. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 76/10. As Gnophos accipitraria.
  4. Seitz, A. (Ed.). Vol. 4, pg. 386.
Listed by some authors as Odontognophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]). However, we have followed The Forum Herbulot which lists this species as Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]). 

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Anonymous. 2022. Gnophos accipitraria (Guenée, [1858]). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.21. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357986/Gnophos-accipitraria
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