Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Lymantriinae > Nygmiini > Sphrageidus
Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848)
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Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848): Sorghum bicolor, Eleusine coracana, Oryza sativa, Megathyrsus maximus, Cenchrus americanus, Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae), Cajanus cajan, Phaseolus lunatus, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Coffea spp. (Rubiaceae), Gossypium (Malvaceae), Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae), Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae), Parrotia jacquemontiana (Hamamelidaceae)?, Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Sphrageidus Maes, 1984 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Sphrageidus simlensis (Gupta, 1986) (Porthesia). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh (TL: Shimla).
Sphrageidus similis (Fuessly, 1775) (Phalaena). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Sphrageidus simlensis (Gupta, 1986) (Porthesia). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh (TL: Shimla).
Sphrageidus similis (Fuessly, 1775) (Phalaena). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848) (Liparis). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka (TL).
References:
- OD: Liparis xanthorrhoea Kollar, 1848; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 470.
- Euproctis flavonigra Moore, 1879. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879: 400, pl. 32, f. 11; TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen792zool/page/400/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen792zool/page/n125/mode/1up?view=theater
- Euproctis subdita Moore, 1879. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879: 400; TL: Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen792zool/page/400/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pg. 88.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 81/16 as Euproctis xanthorrhoea
- Kaleka, A.S., D. Singh & G. Bali. 2020. Present status of the genus Sphrageidus Maes, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12. 16153-16160. Image 21-22.
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Anonymous. 2022. Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848). 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/358397/Sphrageidus-xanthorrhoea
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