Taxonomic Information
Cusiala Moore, [1867] species known from India.
Cusiala boarmoides Moore, [1,887]. Throughout India.
Cusiala raptaria (Walker, 1860). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Vide Hampson, (1895), Cusiala raptaria has curved postmedial beyond cell on HW, while boarmoides has angled postmedial. Both species display polymorphism. Numerous forms exist such as susiana, disterminata and rufifasciata whose status needs determination (Iyer at al 2021).
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 5 |
- Boarmia raptaria Walker, 1860. List Specimens Lepid Insects Colln Br. Mus. 21: 373. TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120012#page/639/mode/1up.
- Butler, A.G. 1893. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 9. Pg. 36, 143, pl. 169/7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/155/mode/1up. For rufifasciata (fig. 7), raptaria (fig. 13), suisasa (fig. 1). Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180014#page/219/mode/1up
- Boarmia raptaria; List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum vol 23:373.
- Biston raptaria; Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 248, # 3360.
- Cusiala suiasasa Walker In: Moore, [1887]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 407; Text at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/407/mode/1up
- Cusiala disterminata Walker In: Moore, [1887]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 408; Text at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/408/mode/1up
- Cusiala raptaria Walker In: Moore, [1887]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 408; Text at https://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/408/mode/1up
- 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 149-160.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Cusiala raptaria (Walker, 1860) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Cusiala-raptaria, accessed 2024/05/08.