Xenochroa costiplaga (Swinhoe, 1893) -

Taxonomic Information

Xenochroa Felder, 1874 species known from India:
Xenochroa biviata (Hampson, 1905): India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Xenochroa careoides (Warren, 1912) (Aiteta). India: Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Xenochroa chlorostigma (Hampson, 1893) (Dabarita). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Xenochroa costiplaga (Swinhoe, 1893) (Carea). India: Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Xenochroa diagona (Hampson, 1912) (Carea). India: NE Himalaya; Bhutan.
Xenochroa dohora Kobes, 1997. India: Assam.
Xenochroa purpurea (Hampson, 1891). (Carea). India: Sikkim, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, S. India, NE Himalaya; Sri Lanka; Bhutan.
Xenochroa trilineata (Warren, 1912). (Carea). India: NE Himalaya, Meghalaya; Myanmar.
Xenochroa xanthia (Hampson, 1902). (Carea). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, NE Himalaya.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Xenochroa costiplaga -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. OD: Carea costiplaga Swinhoe, 1893. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6), 12: 262. 
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 424, # 2338 as Carea costiplaga
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Pg. 210, pl. 29/17-18. 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/952710-Xenochroa-costiplaga
  5. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_6_2.php

 

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Xenochroa costiplaga (Swinhoe, 1893) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/xenochroa-costiplaga, accessed 2024/04/18.