Viridistria thoracica (Moore, 1879) -

Taxonomic Information

Viridistria Behounek & Kononenko, 2012 species known from India.
Viridistria striatovirens (Moore, 1883). India: Meghalaya (TL: Cherrapunji). 
Viridistria thoracica (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling). 
Viridistria viridipicta (Hampson, 1902). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Viridistria thoracica -


Similar species V. striatovirens and V. viridipicta:

The original description of viridipicta at The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 14, 2: 202 (Ancara) (Holotype: male: India, Meghalaya,Khasis [NHM (BMNH), London]) seems quite similar to thoracica.

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  1. OD: Donda thoracica Moore, F. 1879. Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson. Asiatic Society of Bengal. Pg 161, Pl. 5/7. Text at https://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/n6/mode/1up
  2. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=573998
  3. Behounek, G. & V. S. Kononenko, 2012. A revision of the "Belciana" viridipicta (Hampson, 1902) species group with description of a new genus and two new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, Contribution VII. Zootaxa, 3590: 37-50. 

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Viridistria thoracica (Moore, 1879) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/viridistria-thoracica, accessed 2024/04/25.