Hypomecis spp. Hübner, 1821 -

Taxonomic Information

List of Hypomecis Hübner, 1821 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019). 
Hypomecis arcearia (Sampson, 1902). India: Sindh Valley, Kashmir. 
Hypomecis assimilis (Warren, 1902). India: Indian Himalaya. 
Hypomecis biserrata (Hampson 1902). India: Kulu, Himachal Pradesh. 
Hypomecis carinenta (Cramer, 1777). India: Coromandel, Tamil Nadu. 
Hypomecis cineracea (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Hypomecis crasstrtigata (Christoph, 1881). India: North India. 
Hypomecis diffusaria (Alberts, 1949). India: North India: Bashahr, Himachal Pradesh. 
Hypomecis fasciata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, Kurseyong, West Bengal. 
Hypomecis fulvosparsa (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim. 
Hypomecis galucocincta (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir, Koksar, Himachal Pradesh.
Hypomecis infixaria (Walker, 1860). India: North India. 
Hypomecis latifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, the plateau, 6700ft. 
Hypomecis leucocyma (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir, Barra Larcha. 
Hypomecis lioptilaria (Swinhoe, 1903). India: NE Himalaya. 
Hypomecis oblivia (Prout, 1925). India: Assam, Shillong, Meghalaya. 
Hypomecis pallida (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri District, N Slopes, 3500ft and S slopes, 3000ft; Tamil Nadu, Kerala. 
Hypomecis paradaria (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal. 
Hypomecis polysticta (Hampson, 1902). 
Hypomecis polystrota (Hampson, 1907). India: Kashmir, Rala, Punjab, Koksar, Himachal Pradesh. 
Hypomecis procursaria (Walker, 1860), India. 
Hypomecis ratotaria (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Khasi Hills, Shillong, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya. 
Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Hypomecis glochinophora (Prout, 1925) is a junior synonym of Hypomecis reparata (Walker, 1860). 
Hypomecis separata separata (Walker, 1860). India. 
Hypomecis serratilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Hypomecis suasria (Guenee, 1858). India. 
Hypomecis tamilensis Sato, 2016. Tamil Nadu. 
Hypomecis tetragonata (Walker, 1862). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Hypomecis transcissa (Walker, 1860). India: Kangara district, Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh311
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala11
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total113122212
Hypomecis spp.: Pinus kesiya (Piinaceae), Vachellia nilotica, Bauhinia forficata, Dalbergia sissoo, Brachypterum scandens, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae), Carissa spinarum (Apocynaceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae)?, Platycladus orientalis (Cupressaceae), Schleichera oleosa (Spindaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae), Terminalia elliptica (Combretaceae), Aleurites sp., Hevea sp. (Euphorbiaceae), Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae), Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Hypomecis spp. Hübner, 1821 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.62. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/hypomecis-spp, accessed 2023/12/07.