Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Toxocampinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Lygephila Billberg, 1820

Type Species

Phalaena lusoria Linnaeus, 1758

= Asticta Hübner, [1823] 1816: 266 (TS: Noctua procax Hübner, [1813]: pl. 109)
= Toxocampa Guenée, 1841: 75 (TS: Ophiusa limosa Treitschke, 1826: 298)
= Eccrita Lederer, 1857: 207 (TS: Phalaena ludicra Hübner, 1790: 95)
= Craccaphila Beck, 1996: 30 (TS: Craccaphila craccae Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 94)
= Sinocampa Kononenko & Fibiger, 2008: 22 (TS: Lygephila (Sinocampa) longicoecum Kononenko & Fibiger, 2008: 22). Sinocampa is a junior homonym of Sinocampa Chou & Chen, 1981: 52 (Diplura). Katyusha is an objective replacement name for Sinocampa Kononenko & Fibiger).
= Katyusha Kemal & Koçak, 2009: 1 (Replacement name)

Species/Subspecies

Lygephila dorsigera Walker, 1865 (Toxocampa)

Type Locality

Ceylon

=Lygephila kishidai Kinoshita, 1989: 141. (TL: Taiwan, Nantou Hsien)

Remarks

Lygephila cucullata (Moore, 1882) (TL: Nainital) was suggested as a separate species which was usually treated as synonym of L. dorsigera. The distribution of L. dorsigera was not mentioned from India by Pekarsky (2016). But, Riyaz et al. (2023) mentioned it again from Western Ghats of India (Tamil Nadu). The identity from Indian region needs further investigation.

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Tamil Nadu

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Distribution

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