Ophthalmitis xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924) -

Taxonomic Information

Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 species known from India. 
Ophthalmitis caritaria (Walker, 1860). Sri Lanka. 
Ophthalmitis lectularia Swinhoe,1891 

Ophthalmitis diurnaria Guenee,1858 

Ophthalmitis cordularia (Swinhoe, 1893). India; Nepal.  
Ophthalmitis herbidaria (Guenée, 1857). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Ophthalmitis irrorataria (Bremer & Grey, 1853). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Ophthalmitis pertusaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal. India; Nepal. 
Ophthalmitis striatifera Hampson,1902 

Ophthalmitis sinensium (Oberthür, 1913). India. 
Ophthalmitis xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924). India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Ophthalmitis kalakadaria Sato, 2014. S. & W. India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. OD: Boarmia xanthypochlora Wehrli, 1924. Mitt. münch. ent. Ges., 14 (6–12): 140, pl. 1, fig. 24. Holotype (ZFMK). China: Lienping.
  2. Jiang, Nan, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2011. A review of Ophthalmitis Fletcher, 1979 in China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae), Zootaxa 2735, pp. 1-22: 19-21. Fig. 43-44. 
  3. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. Image 323. 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/715227-Ophthalmitis-xanthypochlora

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ophthalmitis xanthypochlora (Wehrli, 1924) – . 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/ophthalmitis-xanthypochlora, accessed 2024/03/28.