Taxonomic Information
List of Luxiaria Walker, 1860 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Luxiaria acutaria (Snellen, 1877). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Luxiaria amasa (Butler, 1878). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh.
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria contigaria (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria despicata Prout, 1929. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji).
Luxiaria emphatica Prout, 1925. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji), Tamil Nadu (KMTR) (Iyer et al 2021).
Luxiaria hypaphanes Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris, Kerala, Maharashtra.
Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925. India: Nagaland (Naga Hills), Arunachal Pradesh..
Luxiaria phyllosaria (Walker, 1860). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Luxiaria submonstrata (Walker, 1861).
Luxiaria subrasata (Walker, 1861). India: North India.
Luxiaria tephrosaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Luxiaria turpisaria Walker, 1861.
Luxiaria obliquata Moore, 1888 and Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861 are now placed in Calletaera Warren, 1895.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Luxiaria emphatica, Fig. 14-20, which is also known from India.
Diagnosis. This species is externally similar to L. tephrosaria as follows: the hind wing of the female is weakly crenulate; the wing colour is much paler than that of L. amasa and L. acutaria; the antemedial line, medial line and postmedial line respectively form a distinct black patch on the costa; the dot of the forewing postmedial line near the anal margin is dark and enlarged. However, L. emphatica can be distinguished by the following characters: the greyish brown bands outside the postmedial lines on both wings are thicker than those of L. tephrosaria; a greyish brown dot is present between M veins outside the postmedial line of the hind wing in L. tephrosaria, which is absent in L. emphatica.
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| Total | 1 | 4 | 1 |
- OD: Acidalia tephrosaria Moore, 1868, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1867 (3): 643. Syntypes including 1♂, India: Bengal. Luxiaria tephrosaria: Debauche, 1941, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg., (2) 22: 25. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90421#page/53/mode/1up
- Jiang, N., Xue, D. and Han, H., 2014. A review of Luxiaria Walker and its allied genus Calletaera Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China. Zootaxa, 3856(1), pp.073-099. Fig 21-24.
- Sondhi, S., Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y., & Kunte, K. (2021). Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 31(Supplement 2), 1–53. Image 335.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/855869-Luxiaria-tephrosaria [Accessed 19 Nov 2023]
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Luxiaria tephrosaria (Moore, [1868]) – . 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/luxiaria-tephrosaria, accessed 2024/05/09.