Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Nordstromia Bryk, 1943 species known from India.
Nordstromia vira (Moore, [1866]) (Drepana). India (West Bengal, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim); NE Myanmar.
Nordstromia bicostata bicostata (Hampson, 1912) (Drepana). India (North India, Sikkim); North Myanmar.
Nordstromia argenticeps (Warren, 1922) (Albara), India (Sikkim, NE India); Nepal.
Nordstromia lilacina (Moore, 1888) (Drepana). India (NE India, NW India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh); Nepal.
Nordstromia simillima (Moore, 1888) (Drepana). India (NW India, Himachal Pradesh).
Nordstromia duplicata (Warren,1922) (Albara). India (NE Himalaya, Meghalaya).
Nordstromia humerata (Warren, 1896) (Albara). India (NE India, Meghalaya).

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State	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	No date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh				2	5
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
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
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal								1
Total				2	5			1

OD: Drepana bicostata Hampson, 1912. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (4): 1272; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn21351912bomb#page/1272/mode/1up
Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1, Pl. 1. fg 9
Watson, A. 1968. The Taxonomy off the Drepaninae represented in China, with an account of their world distribution (Lepidoptera:Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement 12. Text. plate 3 fig.323.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912) – . 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/nordstromia-bicostata, accessed 2024/04/19.