Photoscotosia amplicata (Walker,1862) -

Taxonomic Information

List of known Photoscotosia Warren, 1888 from India based on Kirti et al. (2019). 
Photoscotosia albapex (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim. 
Photoscotosia amplicata (Walker, 1862). 
Photoscotosia annubilata Prout, 1940. India: Sikkim, 12000ft. 
Photoscotosia atromarginata Warren, 1893. India: Sundukpho, about 12000ft., Sikkim. 
Photoscotosia dejuncta Prout, 1937. India: Gulmarg, Kashmir.  
Photoscotosia elagantissima Inoue, 1988. India: Darjeeling, Sandakhu, 3600m, West Bengal. 
Photoscotosia fulguritis Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim. 
Photoscotosia metachryseis Hampson, 1896. 
Photoscotosia miniosata miniosata (Walker, 1862). India: North India. 
Photoscotosia multilinea Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim. 
Photoscotosia nubilata (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Photoscotosia obliquisignata (Moore, 1868). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal. 
Photoscotosia polysticha Prout, 1940. India: Yatong, Sikkim.  
Photoscotosia undulosa (Alphéraky, 1888). India: Sikkim.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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  1. Cidaria amplicata Walker, 1862. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 25: 1404.
  2. Cidaria trisignata Moore,1868. Proc.zool. Soc. Lond. 1867:663.
  3. Hampson, G. F. 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. 382. 
  4. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 68/4. 
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=403780 [accessed 28 March 2020]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Photoscotosia amplicata (Walker,1862) – . 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/photoscotosia-amplicata, accessed 2024/03/29.