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This is a list of moths of the family Oecophoridae 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. Acria ceramitis Meyrick, 1908; Acria emarginella (Donovan, 1804) Psorosticha zizyphi (Stainton, 1859) Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864)
Lepidoptera (/ ˌ l ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, [1] [2] making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families [3] and 46 superfamilies ...
Trabala vishnou, the rose-myrtle lappet moth, [1] is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in southern Asia, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
The aim of the wikibase is to form a useful resource on Indian moths for the global public, in general, and amateur Indian naturalists, in particular. Data is based upon species listed for India in Hampson (1892-1937) and Kendrick (2002 [2003]) and is checked for synonymy against Beccaloni et al. (2003). The articles authored for this project ...
Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...
[6] [7] The vast majority of Lepidoptera are to be found in the tropics, but substantial diversity exists on most continents. North America has over 700 species of butterflies and over 11,000 species of moths, [8] [9] while there are about 400 species of butterflies and 14,000 species of moths reported from Australia. [10]
M. List of butterflies of Meghalaya; List of moths of India (Alucitidae) List of moths of India (Bombycidae) List of moths of India (Brahmaeidae) List of moths of India (Choreutidae)
The Indian butterflies wikibase deals with approximately 1000 Indian butterflies and is an ongoing project. The aim of the wikibase is to form a useful resource for the global public, in general, and amateur Indian naturalists, in particular.