Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Eligminae > Selepa
Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]
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Selepa celtis
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]: Vachellia nilotica (Fabaceae), Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Lannea coromandelica, Spondias pinnata (Anacardiaceae), Bischofia javanica (Phyllanthaceae), Camellia spp. (Theaceae), Castanea spp. (Fagaceae), Cinnamomum spp. (Lauraceae), Elaeodendron glaucum (Celastraceae)?, Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae), Excoecaria agallocha, Mallotus philippensis (Euphorbiaceae), Ficus racemosa (Moraceae), Gmelina arborea (Lamiaceae), Litchi chinensis, Schleichera oleosa, Mischocarpus sundaicus spp. (Sapindaceae), Loranthus spp. (Loranthaceae), Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae), Mussaenda frondosa (Rubiaceae), Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllanthaceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae)?, Pyrus, Rosa (Rosaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Trema orientale (Cannabaceae), Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), Terminalia elliptica, Terminalia chebula,Terminalia catappa, Terminalia myriocarpa (Combretaceae), Stereospermum chelonoides (Bignoniaceae), Solanum melongena (Solanaceae), Duabanga grandiflora, Lagerstroemia indica, Woodfordia fruticosa (Lythraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010); Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae) (Sondhi, 2021 in Sondhi et al 2021).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Selepa Moore, [1858] species known from the Indian subcontinent
Selepa stigmatophora (Hampson, 1895)
Selepa stigmatophora male is very similar to celtis but lacks the raised tuft of scales between the postmedial line and outer angle. Its hindwing is suffused with fuscous brown (pale dirty white in celtis). The underside of hindwing in stigmatophora has a large black-brown near the base (no brown patch below in hindwing of celtis).
Selepa stigmatophora male is very similar to celtis but lacks the raised tuft of scales between the postmedial line and outer angle. Its hindwing is suffused with fuscous brown (pale dirty white in celtis). The underside of hindwing in stigmatophora has a large black-brown near the base (no brown patch below in hindwing of celtis).
Selepa Moore, [1858] species known from the Indian subcontinent
Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]. Indian subcontinent.
Selepa discigera (Walker, [1863]). India; Sri Lanka.
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881. India; Sri Lanka.
Selepa ferrofusa (Hampson, 1905). Sri Lanka.
Selepa nigralba (Hampson, 1895). NE Himalaya.
Selepa plumbeata Hampson, 1912. India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Selepa rabdota (Hampson, 1891). Nilgiris.
Selepa stigmatophora (Hampson, 1895). Sikkim.
Selepa molybdea Hampson, 1912. India (Kerala).
Selepa molybdea Hampson, 1912. India (Kerala).
References:
- Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: 353; TL: India; Java. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid02east/page/353/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. 370, # 2199 as Plotheia celtis.
- Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Birdwing Field Guide to Indian Moths, 1st Edition. Birdwing Publishers, India, 461pp. Pg. 303, Pl. 113/2. Female.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371206-Selepa-celtis
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/unassigned/unassigned_4_1.php
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Eligminae/Selepa_celtis.html
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Eligminae > Selepa
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sondhi, S. 2022. Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]. 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/358028/Selepa-celtis
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