Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Saturniidae > Saturniinae > Saturniini > Cricula
Cricula spp.
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Cricula spp.
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Cricula spp.: Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae), Prunus domestica, Pyrus communis (Rosaceae), Acrocarpus fraxinifolius (Fabaceae), Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Semecarpus anacardium (Anacardiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Canarium indicum (Buseraceae), Exbucklandia populnea (Hamamelidaceae), Machilus gamblei (Lauraceae), Schleichera trijuga (Sapindaceae) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Cricula Walker, 1855 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Cricula agria Jordan, 1909. India: Tamil Nadu (Travancore: TL).
Cricula gandhii Naumann & Löffler, 2013. Arunachal Pradesh (Rapum, near Along: TL).
Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer, 1837). India, Nepal, Bhutan.
Cricula trifenestrata andamanica Jordan, 1909. Andaman Is.
Cricula tremula Naumann & Löffler, 2013. Myanmar.
Cricula andrei Jordan, 1909. India: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh; Bhutan.
Note: Two species of Cricula Walker, 1855 occur in S. India and three species in NE India. These are best separated by comparing genitalia and/or molecular phylogeny.
Note: Two species of Cricula Walker, 1855 occur in S. India and three species in NE India. These are best separated by comparing genitalia and/or molecular phylogeny.
References:
- Jordan, K. 1909. On the Species of Cricula (Saturniidae) Novit. zool. 16 (2) : 300-332.
- Naumann, S. and Löffler, S., 2010. Notes on the Asian genus Cricula Walker, 1855, with description of new species (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Markt leuthen, Supplement, 2, pp.1-24.
- Naumann, S. and Löffler, S., 2013. Two new species of the genus Cricula Walker, 1855 from Myanmar and India, with synonymic notes (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, 33(4), pp.177-184.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Cricula 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/358640/Cricula-spp.
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