Arcanusa sinuosa (Moore, 1888) -

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Arcanusa sinuosa -


Arcanusa apexiarcanusa Wang, Chen & Wu, 2017 is a similar, extralimital species. 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
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
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11
  1. OD: Scopocera sinuosa Moore, 1888. Descriptions of Indian Lepidoptera Heterocera from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson., pg 203, & Pl 7 fig 3. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/221/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/336/mode/1up
  2. 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 122 #4462 as Stericta sinuosa Moore. 
  3. Wang, M., Chen, F., Zhu, C. & Wu, C., 2017. Two new genera and three new species of Epipaschiinae Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). ZooKeys, (722): 87-99. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/12362/
  4. Wang, M. & Chen, F., 2018. Three new species and a new combination of Stericta Lederer from China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae). Zoological Systematics, 43(2): 190–195. DOI : 10.11865/zs.201817 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Arcanusa sinuosa (Moore, 1888) – . 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/arcanusa-sinuosa, accessed 2024/04/16.