Taxonomic Information
Pagyda Walker, 1859 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Pagyda arbiter (Butler, 1879). India: Andaman Is. (Rao & Sivaperuman, 2022).
Pagyda auroralis (Moore, [1888]). India (Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh).
Pagyda argyritis Hampson, 1899. India (Sikkim); Bhutan.
Pagyda botydalis (Snellen, 1880). Sri Lanka.
Pagyda exalbalis Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Pagyda discolor Swinhoe, 1894. India (Meghalaya); Myanmar.
Pagyda lustralis Snellen, 1890. India (Sikkim); Myanmar.
Pagyda pulverulenta Swinhoe, 1901
Pagyda rubricatalis Swinhoe, 1890. Myanmar.
Pagyda straminealis Hampson, 1896. India (Sikkim).
Pagyda salvalis Walker, 1859. India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pagyda lustralis -
Similar extralimital species
Pagyda poesalis Walker, [1859]
http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?poesalis
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
- Pagyda lustralis Snellen, 1890. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond., 1890: 615. TL: Sikkim. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50993#page/651/mode/1up
- 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. 271, # 4806.
- Qi, W. and Li, H., 2020. Taxonomic study of the genus Pagyda Walker, 1859 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Oriental Insects, 54(1), pp.16-40.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244762-Pagyda-lustralis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pagyda lustralis Snellen, 1890 – . 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/Pagyda-lustralis, accessed 2025/04/24.