Taxonomic Information
Plecoptera Guenée, 1852 species from Indian subcontinent.
Plecoptera bilinealis Leech (1889) (Calobochyla). Nepal; N. India.
Plecoptera diaperas Hampson, 1926. Bhutan.
Plecoptera fasciata (Hampson, 1891) (Poaphila). India: Nilgiris.
Plecoptera ferrilineata Swinhoe, 1895. Khasi Hills, India: Meghalaya.
Plecoptera griseifusa (Hampson, 1895) (Talapa). India: Sikkim, Nagas.
Plecoptera holostoma Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya.
Plecoptera luteiceps (Walker, 1865)(Poaphila). India: N. India, E. Himalayas.
Plecoptera misera (Butler, 1883) (Aphandala). India.
Plecoptera oculata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya; Nepal; Bangladesh.
Plecoptera pallidimargo Hampson, 1926. Sri Lanka.
Plecoptera quaesita (Swinhoe, 1885) (Remigia). India: Andamans; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Plecoptera quinquelinea (Walker, 1865) (Toxocampa). Sri Lanka.
Plecoptera recta (Pagenstecher, 1886) (Madopa, Poaphila). India: S. India, Maharashtra.
Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852. India, Nepal.
Plecoptera sexlinea (Walker, 1865) (Toxocampa). Sri Lanka.
Plecoptera siderogramma Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya.
Plecoptera stigmatica (Warren, 1912) (Carteia). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Plecoptera trimaculata Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Plecoptera xanthoptera (Hampson, 1894) (Anereuthina). Myanmar.
At least 19 species of this genus are known from India. Most species are sexually dimorphic, and are difficult to separate without examining specimens and/or examining genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species (probably extralimital)
Plecoptera flava (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
Heliothis flava Bremer & Grey, 1853; in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 65; TL: Pekin. Text at https://archive.org/details/etudesentomologi1852fmnh/page/n72/mode/1up?view=theater
MOT, Vol 3, Pl. 44/22. States distribution from Thailand and Hong Kong,
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1280192-Plecoptera-flava
Lepindex states Plecoptera oculata is the junior synonym of Plecoptera flava (Bremer & Grey, 1853). But MOT/MON/iNat lists oculata as valid taxon.
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- Poaphila oculata Hewitson & Moore, 1882. Description of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. Pg. 172, Pl. 5, Fig. 11. TL: Bengal. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/190/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26805#page/333/mode/1up. Male. 1 inch=25 mm.
- Heliothis juncea Swinhoe, 1884: 448, Pl. 27: 4 (Heliothis) (Syntypes: India, Maharastra, Bombay, NHM (BMNH), London).
- 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. 519, # 2550 as Plecoptera resistans and Poaphila oculata. Bhutan, Bombay, Nilgiris.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 53/10, 11 for male and female.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pg. 106, Pl. 12/33-36.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355551-Plecoptera-oculata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Plecoptera oculata (Moore, 1882) – . 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/plecoptera-oculata, accessed 2025/04/23.