Calindoea argentalis (Walker, [1866]) -

Taxonomic Information

Calindoea Walker, 1863 species known from India and Nepal. 
Calindoea argentalis Walker, [1866]. NE Himalaya. 
Calindoea atripunctalis Walker, [1866]. India: Assam; Sri Lanka; Myanmar. 
Calindoea anticalis Walker, [1866]. India: Bengal, Andaman Is.; Myanmar. 
Calindoea comparalis (Warren, 1908). India: TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Calindoea polygraphalis Walker,  [1866]. India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.; Sri Lanka. 
Calindoea trifascialis Moore, 1877. TL: S. Andamans. Maybe a synonym of Calindoea anticalis Walker, [1866]. 
Calindoea tetraonalis Moore, 1877. TL: S. Andamans. Maybe a synonym of Calindoea anticalis Walker, [1866]. 

Uncertain status-
Calindoea mollicellalis (Swinhoe, 1905). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills); Nepal. 
Calindoea fasciata (Moore).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Calindoea argentalis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1411
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2411

Calindoea argentalis (Walker, [1866]): Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Pyralis argentalis Walker 1866. List specimens. Lep. Insects Colln. British Museum. 34: 1522. 
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. MothsVol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. #773b, Pg. 480 as Rhodoneura argentalis.    
  3. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate no 9/18. 
  4. http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?plate-2#
  5. Robinson, G.S., K.R.Tuck, M. Shaffer & K. Cook. 1994. The Smaller Moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 308 pp., 51 figs., 32 pls. Pl. 23/5, no 417.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Calindoea argentalis (Walker, [1866]) – . 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/calindoea-argentalis, accessed 2024/03/29.