Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) - Wandering Sunset

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Uresiphita gilvata - Wandering Sunset


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Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) – Wandering Sunset: Bolusanthus spp., Cytisus spp., Lupinus spp., Sophora alopecuroides, Spartium spp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

  1. OD: Phalaena gilvata Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 208. TL: “India orientali”. 
  2. Pyralis diversalis, Hubn. Samml. eur. Schmett., Pyr. fig. 102. 
  3. Mecyna aversalis, Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 409, pi. 4, fig. 12. Mecyna teriadalis, Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 410.
  4. Mecyna gilvata; Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 418, # 5189, Fig. 230. 
  5. Mecyna deprivalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, pg. 806.  
  6. Moore, F. 1884-7. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, Vol 3, pg. 352, pl. 179, figs. 1, 1 a (larva). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36660#page/374/mode/1up
  7. Mecyna gilvata; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 189. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi22lond/page/189/mode/1up?view=theater
  8. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/PYRAUSTIINAE/uresiphita%20gilvata.html
  9. http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/u/uresiphita_gilvata.html
  10. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=224877
  11. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/430206-Uresiphita-gilvata
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) – Wandering Sunset. 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/uresiphita-gilvata, accessed 2024/03/29.