Taxonomic Information
Daulia Walker, [1859] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Daulia aurantialis Hampson, [1896]. Naga Hills.
Daulia afralis Walker, [1859]. India (Nilgiris, Utar Pradesh, Assam), Bhutan, Myanmar.
Daulia argentuosalis (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Daulia argyrostrotalis Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Daulia aurantialis Hampson, 1896. Nagaland.
Hampson (1896) listed argentuosalis as a synonym of afralis but Globiz lists them as separate species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Daulia afralis -
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Daulia afralis Walker, [1859]: Aeginetia indica (Orobanchaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- OD: Daulia afralis Walker, [1859]. Pyralides, In; List Spec. Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. Ser. 4, 19: 799-1036. Pg. 975. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120012#page/189/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 220, # 4700. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/124944#page/252/mode/1up
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong.Pl. 17/3.
- Kim, S.S., Bae, Y.S. and Byun, B.K., 2012. Discovery of two unrecorded species of the family Crambidae (Lepidoptera) from Korea. Korean journal of applied entomology, 51(4), pp.439-442. Fig. 1
- http://pyralids.plattenbaukasten.de/index.php?afralis
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Daulia_afralis.html
Other Notes
Similar species: Daulia aurantialis Hampson, 1896 from Nagaland is seen at http://pyralids.plattenbaukasten.de/index.php?daulia and differences from afralis in FBI, Hampson, Vol. 4, pg. 221, # 2701.
Daulia argyrostrotalis Hampson, 1912. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 21:1262 has brownish-grey forewings.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Daulia afralis Walker, [1859] – . 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/daulia-afralis, accessed 2024/04/19.