Ecliptopera umbrosaria (Motschulsky, [1861]) -

Taxonomic Information

List of known Ecliptopera Warren, 1894 from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Ecliptopera delecta (Butler, 1880). India: NE Himalaya.
Ecliptopera dentifera (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Ecliptopera dissecta (Moore, [1887]). India: Khasis, Nilgiris, Sikkim.
Ecliptopera fulvidorsata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ecliptopera fulvotincta (Hampson, 1895). India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Ecliptopera furva (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ecliptopera leucoglyphica (Warren, 1898). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ecliptopera lucrosa (Prout, 1940). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ecliptopera macarthuri (Prout, 1938). India: Kokser or Koksar, Kashmir.
Ecliptopera mixtilineata (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim.
Ecliptopera muscicolor (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Ecliptopera oblongata (Guenée, 1858). India: Central India.
Ecliptopera obscurata obscurata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Ecliptopera rectilinea Warren, 1894.
Ecliptopera relata (Butler, 1880).
Ecliptopera silaceata (Schiffermüller, 1775).
Ecliptopera subapicalis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft.
Ecliptopera subfalcata (Warren, 1893). India: Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Ecliptopera substituta (Walker, 1866). India: North India.
Ecliptopera triangulifera (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Ecliptopera zophera Prout, 1931. India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ecliptopera umbrosaria -

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
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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
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Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand12
West Bengal
Total12
  1. OD:Cidaria umbrosaria Motschulsky, V. V. 1860. Eu. Ent. IX.36.  
  2. 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. 357, # 3654 as Cidaria silaceata. 
  3. Prout, L.B. 1958. New species of indo-australian Geometridae. Pg. 154. Text at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/prout1958.pdf. [accessed 29 January 2019] Part of "silaceata" species complex. Lists umbrosaria as separate species to silaceata. 
  4. Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018, Field Guide to Indian Moths. Birdwing Publishers. Pl. 89/6. 
  5. http://www.jpmoth.org/Geometridae/Larentiinae/Ecliptopera_umbrosaria_umbrosaria.html  [accessed 29 January 2019]

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Ecliptopera umbrosaria (Motschulsky, [1861]) – . 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/ecliptopera-umbrosaria, accessed 2023/06/04.