Taxonomic Information
Naxa obliterata has smaller spots than Naxa textilis textilis, similar sized spots compared to Naxa textilis parvipuncta, but the submarginal series of spots on boths wings are further away from the margin in N. obliterata. Naxa obliterata known distribution is N. India.
List of known Naxa from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Naxa obliterata (Warren, 1893). India: Naga Hills, Nagaland.
Naxa seriaria (Motschulsky, 1866). India: Nagas, Nagaland.
Naxa textilis textilis Walker, 1856. Bangladesh: Silhet. India: NW Himalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Nilgiris.
Naxa textilis parvipuncta Prout, 1916. India: Nilgiris.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Naxa textilis Walker, 1856 - Olea dioica (Oleaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Naxa textilis Walker, 1856. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1743; TL: Sylhet. Text at http://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso07brit#page/1743/mode/1up. [accessed 08 June 2018]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=469599 [accessed 08 June 2018]
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 325, # 3578.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 2/7.
- Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. 296 pp. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 169.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Naxa textilis Walker, 1856 – . 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/naxa-textilis, accessed 2025/04/23.