Subspecies in India
Tathorhynchus exsiccata exsiccata (Lederer, 1855) is the Indian subspecies.
Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax Swinhoe, 1902 is known from Australia and New Zealand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Tathorhynchus exsiccata - Alfalfa Looper Moth
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 |
- OD:Spintherops exsiccata Lederer, 1855. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5: 204; TL: [Lebanon] Beirut.
- Scopula vinctalis Walker, [1866]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1476; TL: S.Hindostan; Australia, Sydney. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1476/mode/1up?view=theater
- Platysenta angustiorata Grote, 1882. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 6 (3): 584; TL: Colorado. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofunited61882geol/page/584/mode/1up?view=theater
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1913. Macro Lep. World. Vol 3, pg. 372. Pl 68e.
- https://africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/TOXOCAMPINAE/Tathorhynchus%20exsiccata.html
- https://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/TathoExsic.htm
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/232336-Tathorhynchus-exsiccata
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=318616
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Tathorhynchus_Exsiccata
- https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tathorhynchus-exsiccata/
- https://bugguide.net/node/view/90639
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855) – Alfalfa Looper Moth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/tathorhynchus-exsiccata, accessed 2026/02/06.