Notodontella tenebrosa (Walker, 1856) -

Taxonomic Information

Notodontella Roepke, 1943 species known from India.
Notodontella ferrifusa (Dudgeon, [1898]). India: Sikkim, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra. 
Notodontella tenebrosa (Walker, 1856). India: "N. India", Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. 
Notodontella viridinota (Hampson, 1896). India: NW India, NE India; Nepal; Myanmar. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Notodontella tenebrosa -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra112
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1113
  1. Amsacta? tenebrosa Walker, 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 7:1725. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120028#page/225/mode/1up
  2. Amsacta? tenebrosa Walker, 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 32:338. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120097#page/352/mode/1up
  3. Phineca canities Swinhoe, 1889. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, 37:407. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866399#page/529/mode/1up
  4. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 149 as Fentonia tenebrosa.
  5. Fentonia tenebrosa Walker, 1856. Genera Insectorum Lepidoptera 217c-219 Pg. 190, & Pl. 8/58.Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223824#page/204/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223824#page/299/mode/1up
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1267926-Notodontella-tenebrosa

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Notodontella tenebrosa (Walker, 1856) – . 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/notodontella-tenebrosa, accessed 2024/03/28.