Taxonomic Information
List of Aloa Walker, 1855 known from India.
Aloa albistriga Walker, 1864. India (South India, Odisha).
Aloa collaris Hampson, 1891. S. India (Nilgiris: TL).
Aloa lactinea (Cramer, 1777). India (Kolkata, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nagaland,
Manipur, Maharashtra, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka).
List of Neoaloa Singh & Kirti, 2015 from India.
Neoaloa flavimargo (Hampson, 1894). Nepal; Myanmar.
Neoaloa cernyi Singh & Joshi, 2018. India (Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar: TL).
Neoaloa pseudoflavimargo Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2015. India: Assam.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Aloa lactinea - Red Costate Tiger Moth
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Maharashtra | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Aloa lactinea (Cramer, [1777]): Aeginetia indica (Orobanchaceae), Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae),Cochlospermum religiosum (Bixaceae), Clerodendrum infortunatum, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae), Eleusine coracana, Pennisetum glaucum, Zea mays (Poaceae),Helianthus annuus (Compositae), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae),Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Tectona grandis, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae),Menispermum glabrum (Menispermaceae), Vigna mungo, Senna obtusifolia, Indigofera tinctoria, Flemingia macrophylla, Crotalaria juncea, Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Phalaena lactinea Cramer, P., 1777. Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques). Uitl. Kapellen. 2(9–16): 1–152, Pls. 97–192
- Walker, F. and Gray, J.E., 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum (Part 1-3). Order of the Trustees. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/740/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 27 #1235 fg.9 as Creatonotus lactineus.
- Singh, N., Joshi, R. and Ahmad, J., 2018. A new species of genus Neoaloa Singh & Kirti, 2015 from Bihar, India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Zootaxa, 4486(2), pp.189-194.
- Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244122-Aloa-lactinea/browse_photos [Accessed 29 August 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Aloa lactinea (Cramer, [1777]) – Red Costate Tiger Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/aloa-lactinea, accessed 2024/04/19.