Stericta divitalis (Guenée, 1854) -

Taxonomic Information

Stericta Lederer, 1863 species known from Indian subcontinent:
Stericta asopialis (Snellen, 1890). NE India (TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal), Sikkim; Bhutan. 
Stericta carneotincta Hampson, 1896. India (TL: Sikkim). 
Stericta divitalis (Guenée, 1854). C. India (?), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Stericta olivialis Hampson, 1903. India (Khasi Hills, Meghalaya); Bhutan. 
Stericta plumbifloccalis Hampson, 1896. Bhutan.
Stericta rufescens Hampson, 1895. Bhutan.
Stericta sinuosa Hampson, 1895. India; Bhutan.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
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
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Tamil Nadu
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Uttarakhand
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  1. Glossina divitalis Guenée, 1854. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères Pg. 124, pl. 7, f. 4; TL: C.India. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37754#page/134/mode/1up (in French). Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37716#page/95/mode/1up and https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37716#page/109/mode/1up
  2. Stericta divitalis; Moore, Lepidoptera of Ceylon, 1883. Vol. 3, pg. 238, Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9340387#page/280/mode/1up
  3. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/952711-Stericta-divitalis

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Stericta divitalis (Guenée, 1854) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Stericta-divitalis, accessed 2024/05/01.