List of moths of India (Bombycidae)
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This article is a list of the moths of Family Bombycidae
which are found in India
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India. Entries have been checked against LepIndex (accessed 8 vii 2007), but not yet necessarily placed correctly to subfamily
Genus Bombyx
Genus Triuncina
Genus Ectrocta Hampson
Genus Trilocha
Genus Penicillifera
Genus Norasuma Moore
Genus Mustilia
Bombycidae
Bombycidae is a family of moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia...
which are found in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India. Entries have been checked against LepIndex (accessed 8 vii 2007), but not yet necessarily placed correctly to subfamily
Genus BombyxBombyxBombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae. It traditionally contained two species as well as one natural hybrid and one human-dependent hybrid.-Species:* Bombyx horsfieldi...
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758 ( = Theophila MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1862 )
- Bombyx moriBombyx moriThe silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori . It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk...
LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758 Note: an exotic species maintained in domestic situations only for the silk trade; native to China - Bombyx lugubris (DruryDru DruryDru Drury was a British entomologist, one of the foremost of his time.He was born in Wood Lane, London. His father was a silversmith, and Dru took over the business in 1748. He retired as a silversmith in 1789 to devote his time entirely to entomology...
, 1782) ( = Theophila lugubris (Drury, 1782) sensu Hampson, 1892)
Genus TriuncinaTriuncinaTriuncina is a genus of moths of the Bombycidae family.-Selected pecies:*Triuncina brunnea Wileman, 1911*Triuncina diaphragma...
Dierl, 1978
- Triuncina religiosae (Helfer, 1837) ( = Theophila huttoni (Westwood, 1847) sensu Hampson, 1892)
Genus Ectrocta HampsonGeorge Francis HampsonSir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was a British entomologist.Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of the Madras presidency , where he became interested in moths and butterflies...
, 1892 [1893]
- Ectrocta diaphana HampsonGeorge Francis HampsonSir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was a British entomologist.Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of the Madras presidency , where he became interested in moths and butterflies...
, 1892 [1893]
Genus TrilochaTrilochaTrilocha is a genus of moths of the Bombycidae family.-Selected pecies:*Trilocha annae *Trilocha arabica *Trilocha friedeli Dierl, 1978*Trilocha guianensis...
Moore, 1860
- Trilocha varians (Walker, 1855) ( = Ocinara varians Walker, 1855 sensu Hampson, 1892)
Genus PenicilliferaPenicilliferaPenicillifera is a genus of moths of the Bombycidae family.-Selected pecies:*Penicillifera apicalis *Penicillifera infuscata Dierl, 1978*Penicillifera lactea *Penicillifera tamsi...
Dierl, 1978
- Penicillifera apicalisPenicillifera apicalisPenicillifera apicalis is a moth of the Bombycidae family. It is found from the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya to Sundaland and the Philippines.-External links:*...
(Walker, 1862) ( = Ocinara apicalis Walker, 1862 and Ocinara signifera Walker, 1862 sensu Hampson, 1892)
Genus Gunda Walker, 1862
- Gunda apicalis HampsonGeorge Francis HampsonSir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet was a British entomologist.Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of the Madras presidency , where he became interested in moths and butterflies...
, 1892 - Gunda sikkima MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1879
Genus Norasuma MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1872
- Norasuma javanica (MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1872) ( = Gunda javanica Moore, 1872 sensu Hampson, 1892)
Genus MustiliaMustiliaMustilia is a genus of moths of the Endromidae family. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the Bombycidae family.-Selected pecies:*Subgenus Mustilia**Mustilia lobata Zolotuhin, 2007...
Walker, 1865
- Mustilia falcipennis Walker, 1865
- Mustilia sphingiformis MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1879 - Mustilia hepatica MooreFrederic MooreFrederic Moore FZS was a British entomologist. It has been said that Moore was born at 33 Bruton Street but may be incorrect given that this was the address of the menagerie and office of the Zoological Society of London from 1826 to 1836.Moore was appointed an assistant in the East India Company...
, 1879
See also
- BombycidaeBombycidaeBombycidae is a family of moths. The best-known species is Bombyx mori or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia...
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- LepidopteraLepidopteraLepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
- List of moths of India