Herpetogramma basalis (Walker, [1866]) -

Taxonomic Information

Herpetogramma Lederer, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Herpetogramma basalis (Walker, [1866]). Sri Lanka; India.
Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL); Sri Lanka.  
Herpetogramma coptobasalis (Hampson, 1899). Bhutan.
Herpetogramma cynaralis (Walker, 1859). India; Sri Lanka.
Herpetogramma latifuscalis (Hampson, 1899). Bhutan.
Herpetogramma licarsisalis  (Walker, 1859). India.
Herpetogramma mellealis (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Herpetogramma nigricornalis (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854). India.
Herpetogramma rudis (Warren, 1892). India. 
Herpetogramma subalbescens (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Meghalaya.
Herpetogramma stultalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka.

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat21
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga11
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand22
West Bengal1
Total111347
  1. OD: Botys basalis Walker, 1866. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, London 34, pg. 1404. TL: Sri Lanka.Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120100#page/710/mode/1up
  2. 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 405, #5161 as Pachyzancla aegrotalis.
  3. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Herpetogramma%20basalis  [accessed 09 September 2020]
  4. http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Herpetogramma_basale.html [accessed 09 September 2020]
  5. http://www.afromoths.net/species/show/13380 [accessed 09 September 2020]
  6. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/Herpetogramma%20basalis.html

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Herpetogramma basalis (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/herpetogramma-basalis, accessed 2024/03/28.