Eucyclodes divapala complex (Walker, 1861) -

Taxonomic Information

Eucyclodes Warren, 1894 species known from India
Eucyclodes albiradiata (Warren, 1893). Naga Hills. 
Eucyclodes albisparsa (Walker, 1861). NE India, S. India.
Eucyclodes alboviridis (Moore, 1872). N. India.
Eucyclodes aureofulva (Warren, 1897). India: Arunachal Pradesh. Listed by some authors as Chloromachia aureofulva Warren, 1897.
Eucyclodes discipennata (Walker, 1861). India: Meghalaya (Garo Hills). 
Eucyclodes divapala (Walker, 1861). S. India.
Eucyclodes gavissima (Walker, 1861). India: Himalayas, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Eucyclodes pastor (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Eucyclodes picturata (Hampson, 1903). India: Maharashtra, Goa. 
Eucyclodes praeampla (Warren, 1897). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Eucyclodes sanguilineata (Moore, [1868]. West Bengal. 
Eucyclodes semialba (Walker, 1861). India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Eucyclodes textilis (Butler, 1880). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Eucyclodes divapala (Walker, 1861) and Eucyclodes albisparsa (Walker, 1861) are best separated by genitalia.

Eucyclodes divapala (Walker, 1861) was described from Sri Lanka.
Comibaena divapala Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 23: 757; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/n282/mode/1up?view=theater

Eucyclodes albiparsa (Walker, 1861) flies in S. India (Karnataka, Maharashtra; Kirti et al, 2012) and NE Himalaya. 
Thalera albisparsa Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 600. TL: Borneo. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2224brit/page/600/mode/1up?view=theater

The species in NW Himalayas could be either of these. Smetacek (2008) lists this as divapala Walker group. Best separated by male and female genitalia (Barlow, 1982). 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand31
West Bengal
Total1321
  1. OD: Comibaena divapala Walker, 1861. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 23: 757; TL: Ceylon. 
  2. Hampson, G. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 510, # 4118 as Thalassodes divapala. Lists Thalera albisparsa as junior synonym.
  3. Barlow, H.S. 1982. An introduction to the moths of S.E. Asia. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. pp. 305, pl. 51. Pg 246, Note 82. E. divapala and albiparsa best separated by male and female genitalia. 
  4. Kirti, J. S., T. Goyal & M. Kaur. 2012. An inventory of family Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from Western Ghats of India. Journal of Entomological Research, 36 (1) : 83-94.
  5. Eucyclodes albisparsa (Walker, 1861). http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_23_4.php. [accessed 20 September 2017]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Eucyclodes divapala complex (Walker, 1861) – . 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/eucyclodes-divapala-complex, accessed 2024/03/28.