Taxonomic Information
Clethrophora Hampson, 1894 species known globally:
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924
Clethrophora distincta (Leech, 1889)
Clethrophora virida (Heylaerts, 1890)
Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924
Only Clethrophora distincta reported so far from India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Clethrophora gonophora -
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924; Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 433. Pl. 8/7. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/433/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n746/mode/1up?view=theater&q=gonophora
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924
Clethrophora angulipennis Prout, 1924; Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3): 432. Pl. 8/6. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/432/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofh112192122hill/page/n746/mode/1up?view=theater&q=gonophora
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 27/1-2.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/chloephorini/chloephorini_1_1.php for angulipennis.
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=352518 [accessed 28 June 2021] for angulipennis.
Clethrophora distincta (Leech, 1889)
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=288241 [accessed 28 June 2021] for distincta.
MOT, Vol. 3, Part 2, Pl. 27/3-4.
FBI, Hampson, Vol. 2, pg. 416, # 2317.
Gonitis distincta Leech, 1889. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 506, pl. 52/7. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30866958#page/646/mode/1up .
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361731-Clethrophora-distincta
http://www.jpmoth.org/Nolidae/Chloephorinae/Clethrophora_distincta.html [accessed 28 June 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Clethrophora gonophora Prout, 1924 – . 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/clethrophora-gonophora, accessed 2025/04/24.