Published June 17, 2025 | Version v1
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Manatha albipes Moore 1877

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidya Nagar, Sector- 29, P. C. N. T (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India
  • 2. PhD Scholar, Shivaji University, Vidyanagar, Kolhapur- 416 004, Maharashtra, India
  • 3. High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Solan, Himachal Pradesh 173211, India

Description

51. Manatha albipes Moore, 1877

Manatha albipes Moore, 1877 a: 347.

Type Locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon, Colombo”).

Type depository: BMNH (Holotype).

Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (Poorani et al. 2021), Kerala (Usha 2024); Malaysia, Sri Lanka (Kamarudin et al. 1994: 122).

Host plant: Fabaceae: Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, Cassia fistula L., (Usha 2024), Arecaceae: Arecanut, Musaceae: Banana (Poorani et al. 2021).

Notes

Published as part of Kalawate, Aparna Sureshchandra, Misal, Pooja Kumar, Thapasya, K. & Pathania, Prakash Chand, 2025, A catalogue of bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from India, pp. 331-358 in Zootaxa 5647 (4) on page 344, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/15819981

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Scientific name authorship
Moore
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Psychidae
Genus
Manatha
Species
albipes
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Manatha albipes Moore, 1877 sec. Kalawate, Misal, Thapasya & Pathania, 2025

References

  • Moore, F. (1877) The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 580-632.
  • Usha, A. U. (2024) A Bionomic study of Bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) in selected areas of Kerala. Doctoral dissertation. University of Calicut, Kerala, 334 pp.
  • Kamarudin, N. H., Wahid, M. B. & Robinson, G. S. (1994) Common bagworm pests (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) of oil palm in Malaysia with notes to related South-east Asian species. Malayan Nature Journal (Malaysia), 48 (2), 93-123.