Taxonomic Information
Carea Walker, [1857] species known from the Indian subcontinent:
Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Indian subregion.
Carea albirufa Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka.
Carea albopurpurea Hampson, 1894. Sikkim, Khasis, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Carea dione Swinhoe, 1905. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Carea internifusca Hampson, 1894. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Carea nebulifera Warren, 1912. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Carea nitida Hampson, 1894. Sikkim.
Carea obsolescens Moore, 1884. Bombay, Maharashtra.
Carea varipes Walker, [1857]. Indian subregion.
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793): Bombax ceiba (Malvaceae), Eugenia myrobalana, Syzygium cumini, Syzygium jambos (Myrtaceae), Memecylon sp. (Melastomataceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Bombyx angulata (Fabricius, 1793). Entomologiae Systemaatica emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Descritptionibus Observationibus, 3(1): 481 ( Bombyx) (Syntypes: “Ost-India”, UZM, Copenhagen).
- 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. # 2331, Pg. 422. Fig. 238 as Carea subtilis.
- 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. Pg. 204-205, Plate 28/26-27.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Carea-angulata.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.50. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/carea-angulata, accessed 2023/05/29.