Taxonomic Information
Sixty two known species of Idaea Treitschke, 1825 from India (Kirti et al. 2019).
List of Idaea Treitschke, 1825 known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Idaea actiosaria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka; India: Sikkim, Nilgiris.
Idaea acuminata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal ( Darjeeling).
Idaea aequisinuata (Warren, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea amplipennis (Butler, 1889). India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh,
Idaea ajmerensis Wiltshire, 1983. India: Ajmere, Rajasthan.
Idaea andamanica Prout, 1938. India: South Andaman, Mt Harriet, Andamans Islands.
Idaea bilinea (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Pune, Maharashtra.
Idaea burspinosa Walia, 2004. India: Chandigarh.
Idaea carpheraria (Hampson, 1903). India: Kashmir (Chamba).
Idaea castelli pertensa (Prout, 1938). India: Sikkim.
Idaea charidotes (Prout, 1922). India: Assam, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea chotaria (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Gujarat.
Idaea chrysocilia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiri district, the plateau, 6700ft.
Idaea conioptera (Hampson, 1903). India: Kuijar, Kashmir.
Idaea contiguaria contiguaria (Hubner, [1799]). India: Indian Himalayas.
Idaea costiguttata Warren, 1896). Assam, Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa.
Idaea craspedota (Prout, 1934). India: Meghalaya.
Idaea decidua (Warren, 1900). India (North–West): Sabathu
Idaea delibata (Prout, 1926). India: Srinagar, 5200ft., Kashmir.
Idaea delicatula (Warren, 1901). India (North–West):Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie).
Idaea dilutaria dilutaria (Hübner, [1799]). India: NW Himalayas, Sikkim.
Idaea egenaria (Walker, 1861). India: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh. Needs confirmation.
Idaea falcipennis Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Idaea flavisinuata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea fuscifasciata Walia, 1995. India: Chandigarh.
Idaea fuscolineata Walia, 1995, India: Himachal Pradesh (Solan).
Idaea gemmaria (Hampson, 1896). India: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Goa; Sri Lanka (TL).
Idaea grisescens (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea humeraria (Walker, 1863). India.
Idaea improvisa (Prout, 1938). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea inaudax (Prout, 1926). India: Uttarakhand (Kumaon, Mukteshwar, 7000ft).
Idaea indecorata (Warren, 1900). India (North-West): Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Idaea indeprensa (Prout, 1925). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Idaea indeterminata (Warren, 1901). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Idaea informis Warren, 1897).
Idaea infortunata (Prout, 1938). India: Kashmir (Gurais Valley).
Idaea insuavis Butler, 1889. India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharamsala).
Idaea lacteipennis (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharamsala).
Idaea leucozona (Hampson, 1893).
Idaea leucozona luteata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea lineata (Hampson, 1893).
Idaea macrospila (Prout, 1926). India: Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra (TL: Bombay), Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand.
Idaea maculata (Warren, 1896). India:Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea marcidaria (Walker, 1861).
Idaea marmorata (Hampson, 1903). India: Andhra Pradesh (Kadapa, Jammalamaduga)
Idaea mesodela (Prout, 1926). India: Kashmir (Srinagar, 5200ft. Gandarbal).
Idaea methaemaria (Hampson, 1903). India: Sikkim, 2800ft.
Idaea muricata muricata (Hufnagel, [1767]). India: Indian Himalaya.
Idaea micra (Hampson, 1893).
Idaea obliquilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea onchnophora (Prout, 1939). India: Bihar (Pusa).
Idaea opsitelea monodia (Prout, 1938).
Idaea palniensis (Prout, 1920). India: Palni Hills.
Idaea perpulverea (Hampson, 1903). India: Kashmir (Gurais Valley).
Idaea persimilis (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896).
Idaea profanaria (Walker, 1866). India: South India.
Idaea protensa (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Kangra district, Dharamsala), Arunachal Pradesh.
Idaea ptyonopoda (Hampson, 1895). Bhutan; India: NE Himalaya.
Idaea pulchrifascia (Hampson, 1903). India: Sikkim, 1800ft.
Idaea purpurea (Hampson, 1891).
Idaea rubellata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea rubridentata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea ruptifascia (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea sabulosa (Prout, 1913). India:Kashmir ( Dras).
Idaea scelisca (Prout, 1926). India: Uttarakhand (Kumaon, Mukteshwar, 7000ft.).
Idaea semilinea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Idaea semisericea (Warren, 1897). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Idaea sillemi (Wehrli, 1933). Kashmir: India: Kashmir (Karakoram, Nubra Valley, Panamik, 3350ft).
Idaea testacea Swinhoe, 1886. India: Pune, Maharashtra.
Idaea thricophora (Hampson, 1895).
Idaea triangularis (Hampson, 1895).
Idaea vacillata (Walker, 1862).Borneo (TL); India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya.
Idaea violacea (Hampson, 1891). India: India: Nilgiris (TL); Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharshtra, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Idaea phaeocrossa (Prout, 1931)
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_1_12.php [accessed 25 April 2021]
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319107-Idaea-phaeocrossa
Similar species: Idaea vacillata (Walker, 1862)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319657-Idaea-vacillata
http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_1_13.php [accessed 25 April 2021]
Diagnosis (As per Moths of Borneo)
Idaea phaeocrossa, Idaea vacillata and Idaea craspedotata have a fawn ground colour and are fasciated and bordered with reddish or dull purple. In I. phaeocrossa the discal spots are not conspicuous. The borders and fasciae are broader than in I. craspedota, which has discal spots, but not as broad as in I. vacillata Walker where discal spots are also inconspicuous.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Sterrha craspedota Prout, 1934. Lepidopterorum catalogus. Pt 68, Pg. 427.
- Hyria marginata (preoccupied) , Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1894, pg 182 #278 - https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50996#page/224/mode/1up.
- Seitz, A. (Ed). Macro. Lep. World. Vol. 12, Pl. 23k, Pg. 237 as Sterrha craspedota.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=208381
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_1_14.php [accessed 25 April 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Idaea craspedota (Prout, 1934) – . 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/idaea-craspedota, accessed 2025/04/24.