Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]) -

Taxonomic Information

Nygmia Hübner, [1820] species from Indian subcontinent.
Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]). India; Sri Lanka.

Nygmia marginata (Moore, 1879). West Bengal; Nepal. 
Nygmia plana (Walker, 1856). Himalayas, Andamans; Nepal.

Nygmia staudingeri (Leech, [1889]). Arunachal Pradesh. 

Nygmia uniformis (Moore, 1879). West Bengal; Nepal.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11112
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1311
Kerala1211
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh2
Maharashtra11
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal
Total14411132154
Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]): Dendrophthoe glabrescens, Loranthus (Loranthaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
  1. Phalaena icilia Stoll, [1790]. Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 158, 183, pl. 35, f. 5; TL: Coromandel coast, Tranquebar. Text (German) at https://archive.org/stream/aanhangselvanhet1791stol#page/158/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/CUbiodiversity1277042-9600#page/n266/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 479, # 1084 as Euproctis icilia
  3. Wang, Wahlberg, Holloway, Bergsten, Fan, Janzen, Hallwachs, Wen, Wang & Nylin, 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions Cladistics 31 (6) : 579-592. For tribal placement. 
  4. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Nygmia_Icilia [accessed 29 August 2020]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Nygmia icilia (Stoll, [1790]) – . 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/nygmia-icilia, accessed 2024/03/28.