Sacada pyraliformis (Moore, 1879) -

Taxonomic Information

Sacada Walker, 1862 species known from India. 
Sacada approximans (Leech, 1889). Myanmar; India.
Sacada constrictalis (Ragonot, 1891). India: Upper Assam.
Sacada discinota (Moore, [1866]). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. 
Sacada dzonguensis Singh, Kirti & Ranjan in Singh, Kirti, Ranjan, Chandra & Speidel, 2020. India: Sikkim.
Sacada inordinata (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling). 
Sacada fasciata (Butler, 1878). Myanmar; India.
Sacada pallescens Hampson, 1896. Bhutan; India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Sacada pyraliformis (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland; Nepal.
Sacada rufina Hampson, 1896. India: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Sacada sikkima (Moore, 1879). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.
Sacada umtasorensis Singh, Kirti & Ranjan in Singh, Kirti, Ranjan, Chandra & Speidel, 2020. India: Umtasor, Meghalaya.
Sacada unilinealis Hampson, 1896. India: Sikkim.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
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
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21
  1. Danaka pyraliformis Moore, 1879; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (1): 71, pl. 3, f. 10; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/71/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/n328/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. MON, part 4, Pg. 192, Pl. 127/16.   
  3. Singh, N., Kirti, J.S., Ranjan, R., Chandra, K. and Speidel, W., 2020. On the taxonomy of the genus Sacada Walker, 1862 from India, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera). ZooKeys, 962, p.139.
  4. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=1143733

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Sacada pyraliformis (Moore, 1879) – . 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/sacada-pyraliformis, accessed 2025/04/23.