Ramila marginella Moore, [1868] -

Taxonomic Information

Ramila Moore, [1868] species known from India.

Ramila acciusalis (Walker, [1859]). Sri Lanka; India.

Ramila angustifimbrialis (Swinhoe, 1890). Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar; India.

Ramila marginella Moore, [1868]. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.

Ramila ruficostalis Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka.

Ramila sunderbanensis Biswas, Shah, Modak & Mitra, 2017. India: Sunderbans, West Bengal.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Ramila marginella -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
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  1. OD: Ramila marginella Moore, 1867. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 667. Pl. 33/16. Type locality: India, West Bengal, Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo1867zool/page/667/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534005#page/1187/mode/1up 
  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. 41, # 4243. 
  3. Chen, F. Q. & Wu, C. S.. 2014. Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China. Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Fig. 92. 
Note: Diagnosis - Wing membrane crenulate. Forewing with costa fuscous. Only discrepancy; two black spots on disc are hardly visible. Similar species with crenulate wings: Ramila ruficostalis Hampson, 1893 has bright ferruginous costa of FW.
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Ramila marginella Moore, [1868] – . 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/ramila-marginella, accessed 2024/03/28.