Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Euteliidae > Euteliinae > Chlumetia
Chlumetia spp.
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Chlumetia spp.
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Chlumetia spp.: Buchanania spp., Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Litchi chinensis (Sapindaceae), Solanum erianthum (Solanaceae) (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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| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
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| All states |
Similiar species:
Chlumetia Walker, [1866] species known from India.
Chlumetia alternans Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL).
Chlumetia brevisigna Holloway, 1985. NW India, Goa (Karwar); Sri Lanka.
Chlumetia transversa (Walker, 1863). Indo-Australian tropics.
Chlumetia alternans Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL).
Chlumetia brevisigna Holloway, 1985. NW India, Goa (Karwar); Sri Lanka.
Chlumetia transversa (Walker, 1863). Indo-Australian tropics.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-14/euteliinae/euteliinae_9_2.php for Chlumetia brevisigna. Holloway states that this species has been reared on mango shoots, and hence should be name Mango Shoot Borer, rather than transversa.
References:
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Euteliidae > Euteliinae > Chlumetia
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Chlumetia spp. . 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/358414/Chlumetia-spp.
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