Marasmia exigua (Butler, 1879) -

Taxonomic Information

Marasmia Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Marasmia exigua (Butler, 1879). India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Marasmia poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833). Throughout India. 
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854). India: "N. India", "S. India", Sikkim, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttara Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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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 UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Samea exigua Butler, 1879. Ann. Mag. nat. hist. 5 (5): 453. TL: Japan. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25160028#page/467/mode/1up
  2. MON, Part 5, Pl. 30. 
  3. Cnaphalocrocis exigua; Varun, S., K, Ramaraju & N. Chitra. 2017. Revision of the genus Cnaphalocrocis (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) occurring on rice in Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, ISSN, pp.0975-3710. Fig. 12 & 13. 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1273861-Marasmia-exigua

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Marasmia exigua (Butler, 1879) – . 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/marasmia-exigua, accessed 2025/04/24.