Phycodes radiata (Ochsenheimer, 1808) -

Taxonomic Information

Similiar species:

Phycodes minor

Phycodes Boisduval & Guenée, 1852 species known from India.
Phycodes chalcocrossa Meyrick, 1909. Nepal; Sri Lanka; India.
Phycodes chionardis Meyrick, 1909. Sri Lanka.
Phycodes interstincta Kallies & Arita, 2011. Sri Lanka.
Phycodes maculata Moore, 1881. India: Assam.
Phycodes minor Moore, 1881. Nepal; Sri Lanka; India: NW India, Bengal.
Phycodes radiata Ochsenheimer, 1808. Pakistan; Nepal; Sri Lanka; India.
Phycodes taonopa Meyrick, 1909. India: Assam.
Phycodes tortricina Moore, 1881. India: South India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh22
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 Pradesh1
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1221

Phycodes radiata (Ochsenheimer, 1808): Ficus amplissima, Ficus benghalensis, Ficus carica, Ficus racemosa, Ficus religiosa (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Chimaera radiata Ochsenheimer, 1808. Schmett. Europa 1 (2): 5; TL: Austria [= error, India!]
  2. Phycodes hirudinicornis Guenée, 1852.Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2): 389, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 13, f. 5; TL: East Indies.
  3. Tegna hyblaeella Walker, 1866. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1810; TL: Nepal. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso35brit/page/1810/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Kallies, A. 2004. The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 147. 1-19. 10.1163/22119434-900000131. 
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phycodes_radiata
  6. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Phycodes-radiata.php [accessed 10 August 2018] for images of early stages.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Phycodes radiata (Ochsenheimer, 1808) – . 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/phycodes-radiata, accessed 2024/03/28.