Lophobates flavicosta Sato, 2012 -

Taxonomic Information

Lophobates Warren, 1899 species known from India.
Lophobates flavicosta Sato, 2012. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Lophobates ochreicostata (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal. 
 
 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species: 
Lophobates ochreicostata Hampson, 1898 has costal area ocherous.
Lophobates ochreicostata Warren, 1899. Novit. zool. 6: 54; TL: Khasia Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi06lond/page/54/mode/1up?view=theater. http://131.104.63.36/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Lophobates%20ochreicostata

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh72
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total72
  1. OD: Lophobates flavicosta Sato, R., 2012. Eight new species of the genera Hypomecis Hubner, Abaciscus Butler and Lophobates Warren (Geometridae; Ennominae) from Southeast Asia. TINEA, 22(2), pp.135-146. Pg. 144, Fig 15-16. 
  2. Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pl. 28/22. 
  3. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/508326

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Lophobates flavicosta Sato, 2012 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/lophobates-flavicosta, accessed 2025/04/24.