Taxonomic Information
Monobolodes Warren, 1898 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Monobolodes parvinigrata Holloway, 1998. Sri Lanka; Sarwak, Borneo (TL).
Monobolodes prunaria (Moore, [1887]) (Dirades). India; Sri Lanka.
Monobolodes simulans (Butler, 1889) (Gathynia). TL: Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Monobolodes simulans -
Note: Monobolodes prunaria (Moore, [1887]) is a similar species which is best separated from
Monobolodes simulans (Butler, 1889) by examining genitalia.
Monobolodes prunaria (Moore, [1887])
Dirades prunaria Moore, [1887]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 400. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/400/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/549945-Monobolodes-prunaria
Sohn & Yen, 2005. Korean Epipleminae, (Figs. 1A-E, 3A-F, I-K, 3A-F, 3I-L, 11A).
Dirades prunaria; 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. 134, # 3031.
Seitz, Vol. 10, pg. 598, as Dirades prunaria.
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- OD: Gathynia simulans Butler, 1889. Ill. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. 7:81, t.133, fig. 6,7. TL: Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/91/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180012#page/159/mode/1up
- 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. 135, # 3031. As Gathynia simulans.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1930. Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 10, pg. 599, Pl. 59i as Gathynia simulans.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.pl. 138/19-20.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Monobolodes simulans (Butler, 1889) – . 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/monobolodes-simulans, accessed 2025/04/23.