Taxonomic Information
Heterolocha Lederer, 1853 species from India and Nepal (Kirti et al 2019)
Heterolocha cinerea (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong).
Heterolocha citrina Prout, 1916.
Heterolocha decoloraria Hampson, 1902. India: Ladakh (TL: Nubra).
Heterolocha falconaria (Walker, 1866). India: “N. India”, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh.
Heterolocha hypoleuca (Hampson, 1907). India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Palni Hills).
Heterolocha lonicerae Prout, 1926. India: Meghalaya (TL: Shillong).
Heterolocha lunilinea Hampson, 1907. India: Sikkim.
Heterolocha mariailgeae Stüning, 2000. India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Heterolocha obliquaria Hampson, 1902. India: Kashmir (TL: Scinde Valley).
Heterolocha phoenicotaeniata (Kollar, 1844). India: Uttarakhand (TL: Mussoorie).
Heterolocha rubrifusa Hampson 1902. Nepal.
Heterolocha patalata (Felder, 1874). Listed as Apoheterolocha patalata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Heterolocha disistaria (Walker, 1862). N. India. Stüning (2000) lists as Artemidora disistaria.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Aspilates falconaria Walker, 1866. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1665 Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso35brit#page/1665/mode/1up
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 12/18 as H. phoenicotaeniata.
- Stüning, D. 2000. Additional notes on the Ennominae of Nepal with descriptions of eight new species (Geometridae), pp. 94-152. In: Moths of Nepal, Part 6. Tinea 16(Supplement 1). Tokyo, The Japan Heterocerists’ Society. TL: Godhavari, Nepal; Darjeeling, West Bengal. Pl. 170/19-20. Pl 170, pg 103.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.Image 349.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=323553
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Heterolocha falconaria (Walker 1866) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/heterolocha-falconaria, accessed 2025/11/04.