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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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Plecoptera spp. Guenée, 1852 – . 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-spp, accessed 2025/04/24.