Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848) -

Taxonomic Information

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 xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848) (Liparis). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Nepal; Sri Lanka (TL). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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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)
  1. OD: Liparis xanthorrhoea Kollar, 1848; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 470.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pg. 88. 
  5. 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
  6. 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.
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea (Kollar, 1848) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/sphrageidus-xanthorrhoea, accessed 2024/03/28.