Ulotrichopus macula (Hampson, 1891) -

Taxonomic Information

Revised genus from Catocala to Ulotrichopus based on Zahiri et al (2011). 

Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 1860 species known from India, based on Joshi et al (2025). 
Ulotrichopus macula (Hampson, 1891). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala; Nepal. 
Ulotrichopus trisa (Swinhoe, 1899). India: Maharashtra. 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Kerala11
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  1. Audea macula Hampson, 1891; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8: 18, 84, pl. 146, f. 21; TL: Nilgiri District. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/84/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft08brituoft/page/n168/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/catocalini/catocalini_1_1.php [accessed 29 August 2015]
  3. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/09Catocalinae/4200%20Catocala%20macula/Catocala%20macula.htm [accessed 29 August 2015]
  4. Ulotrichopus (Catocalini); Zahiri, Holloway, Kitching, Lafontaine, Mutanen & Wahlberg, 2012, Syst. Ent. 37 (1): 109; [ALA]; Homziak, Breinholt, Barnham, Storer & Kawahara, 2019, Mol. Phyl. Evol 131: 102.
  5. Joshi, R., Zahiri, R., Banerjee, D. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5635(1), pp.1-247.

Revised genus from Catocala to Ulotrichopus based on Zahiri et al (2011) (SS, 17 June 2025). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Ulotrichopus macula (Hampson, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.91. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/ulotrichopus-macula, accessed 2025/06/19.