Taxonomic Information
Calamotropha Zeller, 1863 species known from India.
Calamotropha alcesta Błeszyński, 1961. India: Nilgiri hills.
Calamotropha anticella (Walker, 1866). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha argenticilia (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; Bhutan; India.
Calamotropha atkinsoni Zeller, 1863. Sri Lanka; India: West Bengal (Kolkata).
Calamotropha caesella (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha corticellus (Hampson, 1899). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), West Bengal (Kolkata), Mizoram.
Calamotropha delatalis (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha endopolia Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha indica Błeszyński, 1961. India: Sikkim; Uttarakhand; Bhutan; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha latella (Snellen, 1890). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Calamotropha lupatus (Meyrick, 1932). India.
Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka; India: Nagaland, Meghalaya.
Calamotropha melli Caradja & Meyrick, 1933. India; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha neurigrammalis (Hampson, 1912). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha oculalis (Snellen, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha pseudodielota Błeszyński, 1961. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha punctivenellus (Hampson, 1896). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha unicolorellus (Zeller, 1863). India: Himalayas.
Calamotropha saturnella Błeszyński, 1961. India.
Calamotropha schwarzi Błeszyński, 1961. Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha typhivorus Meyrick, 1932. Pakistan.
Calamotropha venera Błeszyński, 1961. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson, 1896)
- Crambus melanostictus, Hampson, FBI, Vol. 4, pg. 15. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths04hamp/page/15/mode/1up?view=theater
- Bleszynski, S., 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. Pg. 41, Pl. 27/31.
- Calamotropha melanosticta (Hampson, 1896); Kim, Y., Qi, M. Wang, S. and Li, H., 2023. Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5297(4), pp.451-482. Fig. 16.
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| Total | 1 |
- Crambus punctivenellus Hampson, 1896. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895 : 934. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen95scie/page/934/mode/1up?view=theater
- Fauna of British India, Moths of India, Vol 4 pg 14 #4164. text at https://archive.org/details/moths04hamp/page/14/mode/1up?view=theater
- Calamotropha punctivenella; Bleszynski, S., 1961. Revision of the World Species of the Family Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part I. Genus Calamotropha Zell. Acta zool. Cracov. 6 (7) : 137-272. Pg. 42, Pl. 27/32.
- Kim, Y., Qi, M. Wang, S. and Li, H., 2023. Taxonomy of the genus Calamotropha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5297(4), pp.451-482. Fig. 24.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Calamotropha punctivenellus (Hampson, 1896) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Calamotropha-punctivenellus, accessed 2024/10/16.