Array ( [0] => Arunachal Pradesh [1] => West Bengal [2] => Kashmir [3] => Tamil Nadu [4] => Karnataka [5] => Telangana [6] => Gujarat [7] => Maharashtra )

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Erebinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Polydesma Boisduval, 1833

Type Species

Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833: 256, by subsequent designation by Desmarest, in Chenu, 1857: 108

= Anthemoisia Blanchard, in Brullé, 1840: 521 (TS: Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833: 108). An unnecessary objective replacement name for Polydesma Boisduval, 1833.
= Anthemoessa Agassiz, 1846: 25. An unjustified emendation of Anthemoisia.
= Anodapha Moore, 1885: 91 (TS: Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833: 256). An unnecessary objective replacement name for Polydesma.
= Trichopolydesma Berio, 1954: 6 (TS: Coenipeta collutrix Geyer, 1837: 22)

Species/Subspecies

Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852

Type Locality

Java

=Polydesma mastrucata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874: 111 (TL: Himalaya; Cashmir)

Remarks

The records of South Africa and Uganda are probably erroneous (De Prins & De Prins 2011–2025).

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Deccan Peninsula, India, Indian Himalaya, North East, Semi Arid, Throughout India, Western Ghats

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