List of moths of India (Bombycidae)

This is a list of moths of the family Bombycidae that 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.

Subfamily Bombycinae

Genus Bombyx

• Bombyx mori <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> <small>Note: an exotic species maintained in domestic situations only for the silk trade; native to China</small>
• Bombyx lugubris <small>(Drury, 1782)</small> (= Theophila lugubris <small>(Drury, 1782)</small> sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Bombyx huttoni <small>Westwood, 1847</small>

Genus Triuncina

• Triuncina religiosae <small>(Helfer, 1837)</small> (= Theophila huttoni <small>(Westwood, 1847)</small> sensu Hampson, 1892)

Genus Ocinara

• Ocinara albicollis <small> Walker, 1862 </small>

Genus Ectrocta

• Ectrocta diaphana <small>Hampson, 1892 [1893]</small>

Genus Trilocha

• Trilocha varians <small>(Walker, 1855)</small> (= Ocinara varians <small>Walker, 1855</small> sensu Hampson, 1892)

Genus Penicillifera

• Penicillifera apicalis <small>(Walker, 1862)</small> (= Ocinara apicalis <small>Walker, 1862</small> and Ocinara signifera <small>Walker, 1862</small> sensu Hampson, 1892)

Genus Gunda

• Gunda thwaitesii <small>Hampson, 1892</small>
• Gunda sikkima <small>Moore, 1879</small>
• Gunda ochracea <small>Walker, 1862 </small>

Genus Norasuma

• Norasuma javanica <small>(Moore, 1872)</small> (= Gunda javanica <small>Moore, 1872</small> sensu Hampson, 1892)

Subfamily Prismostictinae

Genus Mustilia

• Mustilia falcipennis <small>Walker, 1865</small>
• Mustilia sphingiformis <small>Moore, 1879</small>
• Mustilia hepatica <small>Moore, 1879</small>

Genus Andraca

• Andraca bipunctata <small>Walker, 1865</small>

See also

• Bombycidae
• Moths
• Lepidoptera
• List of moths of India

References

• Hampson, G.F. et al. (1892–1937) Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma - Moths. Vols. 1-5 cxix + 2813 p - 1295 figs - 1 table - 15 pl (12 in col.)
• Savela, Markku. Website on Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms - Page on Family Bombycidae (Accessed on 8 July 2007).