Taxonomic Information
Provisionally identified as Idaea egenaria (Walker, 1861), which is an extralimital species, known from Borneo. Seperation from Idaea gemmaria (Hampson, 1896) needs investigation. See notes in Identification tab.
Sixty two known species of Idaea Treitschke, 1825 from India (Kirti et al. 2019).
List of Idaea Treitschke, 1825 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Idaea actiosaria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India: Sikkim, Nilgiris.
Idaea acuminata (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Idaea aequisinuata (Warren, 1898). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea amplipennis (Butler, 1889).
Idaea ajmerensis Wiltshire, 1983. India: Ajmere, Rajasthan.
Idaea andamanica Prout, 1938. India: South Andaman, Mt Harriet, Andamans Islands.
Idaea bilinea (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Pune, Maharashtra.
Idaea burspinosa Walia, 2004. India: Chandigarh.
Idaea carpheraria (Hampson, 1903). India: Chamba, Kashmir.
Idaea castelli pertensa (Prout, 1938). India: Sikkim.
Idaea charidotes (Prout, 1922). India: Assam, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea chotaria (Swinhoe, 1886).
Idaea chrysocilia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft.
Idaea conioptera (Hampson, 1903). India: Kuijar, Kashmir.
Idaea contiguaria contiguaria (Hubner, [1799]). India: Indian Himalayas.
Idaea costiguttata Warren, 1896).
Idaea craspedota (Prout, 1934).
Idaea decidua (Warren, 1900). India (North–West): Sabathu
Idaea delibata (Prout, 1926). India: Srinagar, 5200ft., Kashmir.
Idaea delicatula (Warren, 1901). India (North–West): Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea dilutaria dilutaria (Hübner, [1799]). India: NW Himalayas, Sikkim.
Idaea falcipennis Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Idaea flavisinuata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea fuscifasciata Walia, 1995. India: Chandigarh.
Idaea fuscolineata Walia, 1995, India: Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea gemmaria (Hampson, 1896).
Idaea grisescens (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea humeraria (Walker, 1863). India.
Idaea improvisa (Prout, 1938). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea inaudax (Prout, 1926). India: Kumaon, Mukteshwar, 7000ft.Uttarakhand.
Idaea indecorata (Warren, 1900). India (North-West): Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea indeprensa (Prout, 1925). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Idaea indeterminata (Warren, 1901). India: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea informis Warren, 1897).
Idaea infortunata (Prout, 1938). India: Gurais Valley, Kashmir.
Idaea insuavis Butler, 1889. India: Kangra district, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea lacteipennis (Butler, 1889). India: Kangra district, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea leucozona (Hampson, 1893).
Idaea leucozona luteata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea lineata (Hampson, 1893).
Idaea macrospila (Prout, 1926).
Idaea maculata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea marcidaria (Walker, 1861).
Idaea marmorata (Hampson, 1903). India: Kadapa, Jammalamaduga, Andhra Pradesh,
Idaea mesodela (Prout, 1926). India: Srinagar, 5200ft. Gandarbal, Kashmir.
Idaea methaemaria (Hampson, 1903). India: Sikkim, 2800ft.
Idaea muricata muricata (Hufnagel, [1767]). India: Indian Himalaya.
Idaea micra (Hampson, 1893).
Idaea obliquilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea onchnophora (Prout, 1939). India: Pusa, Bihar.
Idaea opsitelea monodia (Prout, 1938).
Idaea palniensis (Prout, 1920). India: Palni Hills.
Idaea perpulverea (Hampson, 1903). India: Gurais Valley, Kashmir.
Idaea persimilis (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896).
Idaea profanaria (Walker, 1866). India: South India.
Idaea protensa (Butler, 1889). India: Kangara district, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Idaea ptyonopoda (Hampson, 1895). Bhutan; India: NE Himalaya.
Idaea pulchrifascia (Hampson, 1903). India: Sikkim, 1800ft.
Idaea purpurea (Hampson, 1891).
Idaea rubellata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea rubridentata (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea ruptifascia (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea sabulosa (Prout, 1913). India: Dras, Kashmir.
Idaea scelisca (Prout, 1926). India: Kumaon, Mukteshwar, 7000ft., Uttarakhand.
Idaea semilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea semisericea (Warren, 1897). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Idaea sillemi (Wehrli, 1933). Kashmir: India: Karakoram, Nubra Valley, Panamik, 3350ft.Kashmir.
Idaea testacea Swinhoe, 1886. India: Pune, Maharashtra.
Idaea thricophora (Hampson, 1895).
Idaea triangularis (Hampson, 1895).
Idaea vacillata (Walker, 1862).
Idaea violacea (Hampson, 1891).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Idaea gemmaria (Hampson, 1896)
- OD: Acidalia gemmaria 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. 562 #3911a. TL: Ceylon.
- Seitz. A. (Ed.). 1939. Macro. Lep. World, Vol 12, Pg. 230. Plate 12/23, row f.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 23.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/853061-Idaea-gemmaria
Idaea egenaria (Walker, 1861 is separated from Idaea gemmaria (Hampson, 1896) by the narrow straight FW purple band (broader and curved outwardly in gemmaria) and often the presence of an areole on the FW of gemmaria (Prout, 1939).
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 |
- OD: Acidalia egenaria Walker, 1861. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, pt 23, pg 760 #209. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122745#page/286/mode/1up.
- Sterrha egenaria; Seitz, A. (Ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 12, pg. 237 & Pl. 23l.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_1_17.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508827-Idaea-egenaria
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=196307
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Idaea egenaria (Walker, 1861) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Idaea-egenaria, accessed 2024/10/05.