Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858) -

Taxonomic Information

Ericeia Walker, [1858] species from India.

Ericeia elongata Prout, 1929. Indo-Australian tropics. 

Ericeia eriophora (Guenée, 1852). Indo-Australian tropics.

Ericeia fraterna (Moore, [1885]). S. India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.

Ericeia inangulata (Guenée, 1852). India; Nepal. 

Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858). India; Nepal.

https://hkmothsblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/difficult-moth-species-groups-in-hk-1-ericeia-erebidae-erebinae-hulodini/ 
on notes to separate various Ericeia Walker, [1858] species. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh22
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala21
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra211
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total21332312

Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858): Cassia sp. (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Remigia pertendens Walker, 1858. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 14: 1512.
  2. Ericeia gonioptila Prout, 1922. Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 1: 233.
  3. Ericeia eurytaenia Prout, 1929. Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 3: 113.
  4. Ericeia occidua Prout, 1929. Bull. Hill Mus. Witley, 3: 115.
  5. Ericeia pertendens iopolia Fletcher, 1957. Nat. Hist. Rennell Isl., 2: 50.
  6. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pl.52:9
  7. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae vol 3, Pl 10-9.
  8. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. 
    http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_4_6.php [accessed 24 Dec 2015]
  9. jpmoth.org http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/09Catocalinae/4305_Ericeia_pertendens/Ericeia%20pertendens.htm [accessed 24 Dec 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ericeia pertendens (Walker, 1858) – . 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/ericeia-pertendens, accessed 2024/03/28.