Taxonomic Information
Ostrinia Hübner, 1825 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée, 1854). SE Asia.
Ostrinia kasmirica (Moore, 1888). India: Kashmir.
Ostrinia dorsivittata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Ostrinia zealis (Guenee, 1854). Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Ostrinia spp. -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
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Note: Observation bn854 is identified to genus level only. While Robinson et al 1994, pg. 181 states that Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée, 1854) is the only species that occurs in SE Asia, Ostrinia kasmirica (Moore, 1888) from Kashmir, Ostrinia dorsivittata (Moore, 1888) (TL: Darjeeling) and Ostrinia zealis (Guenee, 1854) (TL: Sylhet, Bangladesh are other species from India and Bangladesh.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Ostrinia spp. Hübner, 1825 – . 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/ostrinia-spp, accessed 2025/04/24.