Taxonomic Information
Udea Guenée, 1845 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796). India.
Udea renalis Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal.
Udea nigrostigmalis Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Udea flavofimbriata Moore, 1888. India: West Bengal.
Udea mandronalis (Walker, 1859). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala); Sri Lanka.
Udea stigmatalis (Wileman, 1911). Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Udea ferrugalis - Rusty Dot Pearl
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) – Rusty Dot Pearl: Beta vulgaris (Amaranthaceae), Blumea balsamifera, Cichorium intybus, Erigeron spp., Eupatorium (Asteraceae), Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae), Capsicum spp., Solanum spp., Solanum melongena (Solanaceae), Cucurbita sp. (Cucurbitaceae), Fragaria sp. (Rosaceae), Pelargonium spp. (Geraniaceae), Stachys spp. (Lamiaceae), Viola spp. (Violaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Pyralis ferrugalis Hübner, 1796. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Fig. 54, 150.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.Pg. 422, # 5199 as Pionea ferrugalis.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 124/30.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 52.5.
- www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Udea_Ferrugalis
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324928-Udea-ferrugalis
- http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/u/udea_ferrugalis.html
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/udea%20ferrugalis.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) – Rusty Dot Pearl. 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/udea-ferrugalis, accessed 2025/04/24.