Traminda aventiaria (Guenée, [1858]) - Cross-line Wave Moth

Taxonomic Information

Traminda Saalmüller, 1891 species known from India.
Traminda aventiaria (Guenée, [1858]). Indian subcontinent. 
Traminda mundissima (Walker, 1861). Indian subcontinent. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka211
Kerala121
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya2
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura11
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal211
Total1642522

Traminda aventiaria (Guenée, [1858]) – Cross-line Wave Moth:  Acacia pennata, Albizia spp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. MothsVol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 459, # 3972 as Timandra aventiaria.
  2. Sihvonen, P., Murillo‐Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Staude, H. and Wahlberg, N., 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Sterrhinae moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): towards a global classification. Systematic Entomology45(3), pp.606-634.
  3. Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 11. 
  4. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/timandrini/timandrini_3_1.php [accessed 31 March 2018]
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203869-Traminda-aventiaria
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=97047 [accessed 31 March 2018]
  7. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ster/aven.html [accessed 31 March 2018]
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traminda_aventiaria
  9. Note: Tribal position updated from Cosymbiini to Rhodometrini based on Sihvonen et al. (2020). 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Traminda aventiaria (Guenée, [1858]) – Cross-line Wave Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.83. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/traminda-aventiaria, accessed 2025/03/22.