Taxonomic Information
Ulopeza Zeller, 1852 species known from India.
Ulopeza semivialis (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Ulopeza idyalis (Walker, 1859). India: S. India; Sri Lanka (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ulopeza semivialis -
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| Total | 3 | 1 |
- OD: Patania semivialis Moore, 1888. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. Pg. 209, Pl. 7/6. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/227/mode/1up. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.Pg. 288, # 4847. Listed as Ulopeza semivialis.
- Kirti, J.S. & Sodhi, J.S., 2001. A systematic list of Pyraustinae of northeastern India (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Zoos’ Print Journal, 16(10), pp.607-614. Listed as Ulopeza semivialis.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 21 as Patania semivialis.
- http://clasate.cimec.ro/Detaliu_en.asp?k=F1D9A63536234E2AA08E269A6739BDB9
for Ulopeza semivialis nigricostalis (Caradja, 1925), a subspecies.
Note: Globiz Pyraloidea lists as Ulopeza semivialis Moore, 1888. Lepindex, iNaturalist and others list this species as Syllepte semivialis or Patania semivialis.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ulopeza semivialis (Moore, 1888) – . 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/ulopeza-semivialis, accessed 2025/11/05.