Nacoleia commixta (Butler, 1873)  -

Taxonomic Information

Nacoleia Walker, 1859 species known from Indian subcontinent. 
Nacoleia albicilialis Hampson, 1903. Sri Lanka (TL). 
Nacoleia albiflavalis Hampson, 1903. Sri Lanka (TL).
Nacoleia charesalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka (as Botys molusalis).
Nacoleia commixta (Butler, 1879). Sri Lanka; India. 
Nacoleia conisota Hampson, 1912. India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris: TL). 
Nacoleia eximialis (Warren, 1896) (Thysanodesma). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL). 
Nacoleia fuscicilialis Hampson, 1908. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Nacoleia fuscifusalis Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka (TL).
Nacoleia leucosemalis Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka (TL).
Nacoleia megaspilalis Hampson, 1912. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai: TL). 
Nacoleia nigricostalis Hampson, 1908. Myanmar (TL). 
Nacoleia ochrizonalis Hampson, 1912. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills: TL). 
Nacoleia pachytornalis Hampson, 1912. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai: TL).
Nacoleia tumidicostalis Hampson, 1908. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai: TL).
Nacoleia ustalis (Hampson, 1891) (Aplomastix). India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris: TL).
Nacoleia ustulalis Hampson, 1903. India: Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris: TL).
 
Nacoleia satsumalis South, 1901 is a species known from Japan and Korea. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh131
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka2
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand212111
West Bengal1
Total31334232
  1. OD: Samea commixta Butler, 1873. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London (ser. 5) 4: 453. 
  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. 322, # 4942 as Nacoleia commixta
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl125/8 as Nacoleia commixta.
  4. Kim, S., Y. Bae & B. Byun. 2014. A Review of the Genus Nacoleia (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from Korea, with Two Newly Recorded Species. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 53(1): 81-84. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2014.01.0.003. [accessed 16 January 2018] Pg. 82, Fig. 2.
  5. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org
  6. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273222  [accessed 16 January 2018]
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125246-Lamprosema-commixta

Note: Taxon changed from Lamprosema commixta (Butler, 1873) to Nacoleia commixta (Butler, 1873) based on Globiz Pyraloidea http://globiz.pyraloidea.org and Kim et al (2014) on 13 Feb. 2022 (SS). 
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Nacoleia commixta (Butler, 1873)  – . 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/nacoleia-commixta, accessed 2024/03/29.