Panilla costipunctata Leech, 1900 -

Taxonomic Information

Panilla Moore, [1885] species in the Indian subcontinent.
Panilla dispila (Walker, 1865).India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.   

Panilla combusta (Hampson, 1895). NE Himalaya; Bhutan. 

Panilla costipunctata Leech, 1900. Indian Himalaya; Nepal.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Panilla costipunctata -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total121
  1. Panilla costipunctata Leech, 1900. 550; TL: Satsuma; Chia-kou-ho; Moupin; Omei-shan; Kiushiu
  2. Yoshimoto, 2001. Notes on the genus Panilla Moore (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Ophiderinae), with description of a new species from Taiwan Tinea 16 (5) : 342-347. Fig. 5-10. Reports from Nepal. 
  3. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/736255-Panilla-costipunctata

Similar species: 

Panilla dispila Walker, 1865. MON Part 3, Pl. 90/21.

FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 476, # 2447. 

https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/boletobiini/boletobiini_3_1.php for P. dispila

https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/boletobiini/boletobiini_3_4.php for P. combusta

FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 476, # 2448. Panilla albopunctata (now Caduca albopunctata). Does not match this species. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Panilla costipunctata Leech, 1900 – . 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/panilla-costipunctata, accessed 2024/03/29.