Taxonomic Information
Xylostola Hampson, 1908 species known from India.
Xylostola indistincta (Moore, 1882) (Vapara). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, South India (Nilgiris).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Vapara indistincta Moore, 1882. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson (2), pg. 163. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/163/mode/1up?view=theater
- Caradrina indistincta; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 268, #1889. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67891#page/296/mode/1up
- Xylostola indistincta; Hampson, 1910. Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 336 & fig 151. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid09brituoft/page/336/mode/1up?view=theater
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 11, pg. 191, Pl. 21b. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/201/mode/1up
- & Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252298#page/547/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 16/30.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 47/14.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/amphipyrinae/amphipyrinae_33_1.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/543829-Xylostola-indistincta
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Xylostola indistincta (Moore, 1882) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/xylostola-indistincta, accessed 2025/12/07.