Taxonomic Information
Parapoynx Hübner, [1825] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Parapoynx affinialis Guenée, 1854. India.
Parapoynx andreusialis (Hampson, 1912). Nilgiris.
Parapoynx bilinealis (Snellen, 1876). Punjab
Parapoynx crisonalis (Walker, 1859). India; Sri Lanka.
Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880. India.
Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852). India.
Parapoynx fusalis (Hampson, 1896). Naga Hills.
Parapoynx fuscicostalis (Hampson, 1896). West Bengal.
Parapoynx gangeticalis Lederer, 1863. India?
Parapoynx leucostola (Hampson, 1896. Myanmar.
Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852). India.
Parapoynx votalis (Walker, 1859). West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880 – Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth: Oryza sativa (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880. Tijdschr. Ent. 23: 242. Text at https://archive.org/stream/tijdschriftvoore23187980nede#page/242/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 193, # 4638 as Nymphula diminutalis.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=121975 [accessed 03 October 2018]
- http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/parapoynx_diminutalis.htm [accessed 03 October 2018]
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acen/diminutalis.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen, 1880 – Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth. 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/parapoynx-diminutalis, accessed 2025/04/24.