Taxonomic Information
List of Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 species known from India.
Scopelodes contracta Walker, 1855. India
Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, 1931. Nepal; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India: North India.
Scopelodes sericea Butler, 1880. Myanmar; India.
Scopelodes testacea Butler, 1886. Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India.
Scopelodes unicolor Westwood, 1841. Myanmar.
Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855. Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India.
Scopelodes vulpina Moore, 1879. Nepal; Myanmar; India: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Scopelodes witti Solovyev & Giusti, 2017. India: Assam, Andamans.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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The species is similar to Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855, but easily distinguished by clear white tufts of third segment of labial palps (Colour plate 12, figs 8–9).
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| Total | 7 |
- Scopelodes venosa kwangtungensis Hering, 1931. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.). Macrolep. World, 10: 689, fig. 87e.Type locality: China: “Kwang-tung, Liu-ping”. Lectotype: ♂ (ZMHB)
- Pan, Z. & Wu, C., 2015. New and little known Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) from Xizang, China, Zootaxa 3999 (3), pp. 393-400. Fig. 5.
- Solovyev, A.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Limacodidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33-229. Pl. 12, figs 8–9.
- Solovyev, A.V. and Giusti, A., 2018. Revision of the genus Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) with description of 16 new species. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 49(5), pp.520-581. Fig. 132 for labial palp. Fig. 58/59 for adults from India.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Scopelodes kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.80. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Scopelodes-kwangtungensis, accessed 2024/10/16.