Plecoptera recta (Pagenstecher, 1886) -

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

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Assam
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
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Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
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Manipur
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Mizoram
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Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
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Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Plecoptera recta (Pagenstecher, 1886): Dalbergia horrida (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

  1. OD: Madopa recta Pagenstecher, 1886. Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 1: 43.
  2. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong.  FullText.pdf plate no 37
  3. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/anobini/anobini_4_4.php [accessed 5 August 2016]
  4. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/13_ANOBINAE/Pleceoptera/Plecoptera%20recta/Plecoptera%20recta.htm [accessed 5 August 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Plecoptera recta (Pagenstecher, 1886) – . 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-recta, accessed 2025/04/24.