Xenochroa fulvescens (Warren, 1912)

Ahmad, Jalil, Shah, Suresh Kr., Mishra, Purnendu, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (1), pp. 13-20 : 17

12. Xenochroa fulvescens (Warren, 1912) ( Figure 13 )

1912. Carea fulvescens Warren, Novit. zool., 19:44.

Material examined: Bihar: VTR: Mangooraha , 17.x.2017, 01 ex. (Coll. Singh and Ahmad).

Diagnosis: The forewing is variegated brown with more distinctly transverse, diffuse bands, a small patch at base and in the middle of cell; hindwings are somewhat pale to medium rufous brown. Abdomen fuscous at tip.

Distribution: India, Bihar (present study); Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Moluccas) ( Kononenko & Pinratana, 2013).

Figures

Figures 8-14. Adults. 8, 9, Pingasa chloroides Galsworthy, 1998; 10, Spaniocentra kuniyukii Yazaki, 1994; 11, Corgatha tornalis Wileman, 1915; 12, Oruza crocodeta (Turner, 1903); 13, Xenochroa fulvescens (Warren, 1912); 14. Theretra rhesus (Boisduval, [1875]).