Bosara albitornalis (Prout, 1958) -

Taxonomic Information

Bosara Walker, 1866 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Bosara albitornalis (Prout, 1958). TL: Karwar, Goa. 
Bosara emarginaria (Hampson, 1893). India: Assam; Sri Lanka. 
Bosara maior Galsworthy, 2002. Sri Lanka. 
Bosara modesta (Warren, 1893). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Bosara albitornalis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala11
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Chloroclystis infusata albitornalis Prout, L. B. 1958. New species of Indo-Australian Geometridae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 6:407. TL: Karwar.Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2258809#page/443/mode/1up  
  2. Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 12. Pl. 40 b. 
  3. Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 296 pp. Listed as Axinoptera albitornalis
  4. 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 42. 
  5. Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. Pg. 174, Pl. 4/71.
  6. Holloway, J. D. 1997. The moths of Borneo Part 10, Family Geometridae: Subfamilies Sterrhinae, Larentiinae, Addenda to other subfamilies. Malayan Nature Journal 51:1-242. For Axinoptera infusata where Holloway states that the S. Indian species, albitornalis, is best treated as a separate species.
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_17_5.php 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Bosara albitornalis (Prout, 1958) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/bosara-albitornalis, accessed 2024/03/28.