Taxonomic Information
Striglina Guenée, 1877 species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Striglina divisata Warren, 1904. Nepal.
Striglina duplicifimbria Warren, 1896. Bhutan. India: Meghalaya, Assam.
Striglina propatula Whalley, 1974. India: Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.
Striglina rufescens Gaede, 1922. India: Assam, Sikkim.
Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862). Nepal; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; India: Goa, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands.
Striglina tibiaria Walker, 1859. India: Assam, Sikkim.
Striglina strigosa (Moore, 1882). Sri Lanka; India: S. India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.
Notes on some Striglina spp. at http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?striglina-49 [accessed 15 June 2022]. This genus displays significant variation and is best separated by examining genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Drepanodes scitaria Walker, 1862. List Specimens Lepid. Insects Colln. Brit. Mus. 25: 1488. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120179#page/222/mode/1up
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?striglina-49 [accessed 26 February 2022]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/461434-Striglina-scitaria
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/thyr/scitaria.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/striglina-scitaria, accessed 2024/04/20.