Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775) - Brown-striped Semi-looper

Taxonomic Information

List of Mocis Hübner, [1823] species known from India.
Mocis discios Kollar, 1844. India: Himalayas.
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775). Sri Lanka; India.
Mocis laxa (Walker, 1858) (= M. pavona). Bangladesh; India: Sikkim, Bengal.
Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775). Sri Lanka; India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands1
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh211
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh22
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi22
Goa11
Gujarat14
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka6111
Kerala311121
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh2
Maharashtra151195
Manipur
Meghalaya3
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga111112
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu111121
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand4111
West Bengal111
Total43432611516211511

Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775) – Brown-striped Semi-looper: Butea monosperma, Cajanus cajan, Dalbergia latifolia, Glycine max, Rhynchosia minima, Vigna mungo, Vigna trilobata, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae), Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

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  5. Wikipedia contributors. Mocis undata [Internet]. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; 2016 Aug 15, 15:06 UTC [cited 2016 Aug 15]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mocis_undata&oldid=734614910.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775) – Brown-striped Semi-looper. 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/mocis-undata, accessed 2024/04/20.