Hyalobathra miniosalis (Guenée, 1854) -

Taxonomic Information

Hyalobathra Meyrick, 1885 species known from Indian subcontinent
Hyalobathra archeleuca Meyrick, 1885. Myanmar. 
Hyalobathra aequalis (Lederer, 1863). India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Hyalobathra coenostolalis (Snellen, 1890). Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nilgriris; Nepal. 

Hyalobathra illectalis (Walker, 1859). Uttarakhand, NE India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.

Hyalobathra miniosalis (Guenée, 1854). India; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Hyalobathra opheltesalis (Walker, 1859). N. India, Nilgiris. 
Hyalobathra phoenicozona (Hampson, 1896). NE India. 

Hyaloplaga pulchralis Moore, 1867. Sikkim.  

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Hyalobathra miniosalis -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka2
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total12111

Hyalobathra miniosalis (Guenée, 1854): Glochidion heyneanum (Phyllanthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

  1. OD: Ebulea miniosalis Guenée, 1854. Delt. And Pyr.: 362. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37754#page/372/mode/1up
  2. Ebulea europsalis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 749. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1618brit#page/749/mode/1up
  3. 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. 389, # 5111 as Isocentris miniosalis.
  4. Sutrisno, H. and Horak, M., 2003. Revision of the Australian species of Hyalobathra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) based on adult morphology and with description of a new species. Australian Journal of Entomology, 42(3), pp.233-248.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42836862
  6. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyru/miniosalis.html

 

 

 

Other Notes

This species has a wide range in the Australasian region and a variety of colour forms, ranging from bright crimson to duller yellowish-brown to much paler yellow. This might be a species complex, or just colour forms. Needs further investigation.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hyalobathra miniosalis (Guenée, 1854) – . 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/hyalobathra-miniosalis, accessed 2024/04/20.