Taxonomic Information
Omphisa Moore, [1886] species known from India (Singh et al 2022).
Omphisa anastomosalis (Guenée, 1854). India; Si Lanka; Myanmar.
Omphisa fuscidentalis (Hampson, [1896]). India: Sikkim, Kerala; Nepal.
Omphisa illisalis (Walker, 1859). India: N. India, Assam, Meghalaya, S. Andamans; Sri Lanka.
Omphisa repetitalis Snellen, 1890. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kerala; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Omphisa anastomosalis - Sweet Potato Stem Borer
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
, 
,
,
,
,
Omphisa repetitalis Snellen, 1890
Differs from O. anastomosalis by having fuscous marks on cilia of both wings at 3 and 4, HW cilia black from apex to v.4 and HW with apical black patch from apex to v.4.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/701957-Omphisa-repetitalis
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Omphisa anastomosalis Guenée, 1854 –Sweet Potato Stem Borer: Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs # 5096, Pg. 382. Fig 207.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 15/32.
- Irungbam, J. S., M. S. Chib & K. Wangdi. 2016. Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9 (2016) 355-382. Fig. 10 C.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203079-Omphisa-anastomosalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Omphisa anastomosalis Guenée, 1854 – Sweet Potato Stem Borer. 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/omphisa-anastomosalis, accessed 2025/04/24.