Pida patrana (Moore, 1859) -

Taxonomic Information

Pida Walker, 1865 species known from India.
Pida albostriata (Hampson, [1893]). India: Manipur, Nagaland.
Pida apicalis Walker, 1865. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Pida calligramma (Walker, 1865). Nepal; India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Pida patrana (Moore, 1859). Bhutan; India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.

Numenes patrana Moore, 1859 is transferred to Pida patrana (Moore, 1859) based on Wang et al (2015). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2441
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand111
West Bengal11
Total37151
  1. Numenes patrana Moore, 1859; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: 367; TL: Bhutan. 
  2. Numenes partita Walker, 1866. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1916; TL: Darjeeling. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). Moths of Nepal. pl.55:9,1. 
  4. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Pida_patrana
  5. Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J.D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. and Nylin, S., 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics, 31(6), pp.579-592. Transferred Numenes patrana Moore, 1859 to Pida patrana (Moore, 1859). 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Pida patrana (Moore, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/pida-patrana, accessed 2024/12/03.