Taxonomic Information
Euclasta Lederer, 1855 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859). India: Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Euclasta vitralis Maes, 1997. Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Maes (1997) synonomized Euclasta filigeralis Lederer, 1863 with Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Ilurgia defamatalis Walker, 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 18: 544-545. TL: “Hindostan”. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951910#page/574/mode/1up
- Euclasta defamatalis; Hampson, 1893. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 9, pg. 174, Pl. 174/1. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389#page/186/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. 364, # 5060.
- Maes, K.V.N., 1997. On the designation of the types of Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859) and Euclasta filigeralis Lederer, 1863 and the description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Pyraustinae). Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie (Belgium) ISSN 0374-6038, 133(1).
- https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/collections-online?fbclid=IwAR1eSY2pD0_rfa5IR9DyhTh3I1UdF9DmrP_qXWzyAABnm9mnZ2jzNUYj7vM#/item/oum-catalogue-3325
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/360124-Euclasta-defamatalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Euclasta defamatalis (Walker, 1859) – . 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/euclasta-defamatalis, accessed 2025/04/24.