Taxonomic Information
Perixera Meyrick, 1886 species known from S India (Kirti et al. 2019; Kumar et al. 2014):
Perixera absconditaria (Walker, [1863]). S. India.
Perixera arenosaria Moore, 1887. Sri Lanka.
Perixera argentosa (Prout, 1920). India: Tamil Nadu (Travancore), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Perixera decretariodes Holloway, 1997. India: N.E. Himalaya.
Perixera griseata belgaumensis (Prout, 1938). India: Karnataka (Belgaum).
Perixera insitiva (Prout, 1920). S. India.
Perixera interpulsata (Walker, 1861). India.
Perixera illepidaria Guenée, [1858]. India: Bihar.
Perixera obrinaria (Guenée, [1858]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species vide Hampson, 1895 is Anisodes absconditaria:
Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, Pg. 447 as Anisodes absconditaria. Vide Hampson, absconditaria is larger, darker and irrorated with fuscous. Both wings with ante-medial specks absent, The waved post-medial line more prominent. Hindwing with annulus large, and wide/diffused in the southern form. Underside with basal area of forewing suffused with pink. Vide, FBI, wingspan Anisodes absconditaria is 40 mm, Anisodes obrinaria is 30-32 mm.Wingspan of the specimen from Rosemala is 43 mm for Perixera absconditaria. Wingspan of Perixera obrinaria from Rosemala is 33 mm.
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- OD: Ephyra obrinaria Guenée, [1858]. Spec. Gen. Lep. 9: 414. Text (in French) at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37718#page/422/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546p- 226 figs. Pg. 446. Listed as Anisodes obrinaria.
- Prout, 1938. In Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World. Vol. 12: 173, Pl. 18g.
- Scoble, M. J., & A. Hausmann. [2007]. Online list of valid and available names of the Geometridae of the World. http://www.herbulot.de/globalspecieslist.htm (Accessed 05 Dec 2022). Lists this species as Perixera.
- Kirti, J.S., Goyal, T. and Kaur, M., 2012. An inventory of family Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from Western Ghats of India. Journal of Entomological Research, 36(1), pp.83-94. Pg. 93, #99. Listed as Perixera obrinaria.
- Kumar, V., Reddy, P.V.R., Anal, A.K.D. and Nath, V., 2014. Outbreak of the looper, Perixera illepidaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) on litchi, Litchi chinensis (Sapindales: Sapindaceae)-a new pest record from India. Florida Entomologist, 97(1), pp.22-29.
- Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. Plate 4/79. Erroneously spelt as Perixera orbinaria.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Perixera obrinaria (Guenée, [1858]) – . 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/perixera-obrinaria, accessed 2025/04/23.