Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea

Family

Crambidae

Subfamily

Spilomelinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Palpita Hübner, [1808] 1806–1838

Type Species

Pyralis unionalis Hübner, [1796] 1796–1836

= Hapalia Hübner, [1818] 1816-1826 (TS: Hapalia illibalis Hübner, [1818] 1816-1826 )
= Conchia Hübner, [1821] 1816-1826 (TS: Pyralis unionalis Hübner, [1796] 1796-1836d)
= Paradosis Zeller, 1852 (TS: Paradosis villosalis Zeller, 1852)
= Margarodes Guenée, 1854 (TS: Pyralis unionalis Hübner, [1796] 1796-1836)
= Tobata Walker, 1859a (TS: Tobata elealis Walker, 1859a)
= Sebunta Walker, 1863a (TS: Sebunta guttulosa Walker, 1863a)
= Sarothronota Lederer, 1863 (TS: Phalaena flegia Cramer, 1777 )
= Cryptographis Lederer, 1863 (TS: Cryptographis rogenhoferi Lederer, 1863)
= Sylora Swinhoe, 1900b (TS: Sisyrophora cirralis Swinhoe, 1897)
= Hvidodes Swinhoe, 1900b
= Apyrausta Amsel, 1951 (TS: Apyrausta persicalis Amsel, 1951)

Species/Subspecies

Palpita celsalis Walker, 1859 (Botys)

Type Locality

Ceylon [Sri Lanka]

= Phalaena annulata Fabricius, 1794 (TL: India orientali)
= Botys partialis Lederer, 1863 (TL: North America?)

Distribution

Specific Records

North Hindostan, Poona, Khasi Hills, Deomali, Aizwal, Dharamnagar, Jaintia, Jowai, Naga Hills, Nicobar Islands

States/Union Territories

Sikkim, Kerala, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, Islands, North East, South India, Throughout India, Western Ghats

Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea

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