Rusicada combinans (Walker,[1858]) -

Taxonomic Information

Rusicada Walker, 1858 species known from India. 
Rusicada albitibia (Walker, [1858]). Sri Lanka. 
Rusicada combinans (Walker, [1858]). Sri Lanka; Nepal; India: Arunachal Pradesh. 
Rusicada fulvida (Guenée, 1852). Sri Lanka; India. 
Rusicada leucolopha (Prout, 1928). India: NE Himalaya. 
Rusicada lineosa (Walker, 1865). India. 
Rusicada metaxantha (Walker, [1858]).Nepal; India: NE Himalaya. 
Rusicada nigritarsis Walker, [1858]. Sri Lanka; India. 
Rusicada prima (Swinhoe, 1920). India.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Similar species to Rusicada combinans:
Rusicada leucolopha Prout, 1928. See at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125311-Rusicada-leucolopha
Rusicada prima Swinhoe, 1920. See at https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/988465-Rusicada-prima

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh11
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total11
  1. Gonitis combinans Walker, [1858]. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 13: 1001. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1315brit/page/1001/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 49/9. 
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pl. 3/6-8. 
  4. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=283180
  5. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Anomis_combinans_En
  6. http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/70772
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/558163-Rusicada-combinans
  8. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/scoliopterygini/scoliopterygini_5_3.php

Based on MOB: The remaining species have the forewing reniform with the posterior lobe equal to, or larger than, the anterior one: it is definitely larger in combinans and filled with paler grey or dark brown, rather than with the orange ground-colour.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/scoliopterygini/scoliopterygini_5.php for key to rusicada

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Rusicada combinans (Walker,[1858]) – . 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/rusicada-combinans, accessed 2025/04/23.