Taxonomic Information
Homona Walker, 1863 species known from India (Pathania et al 2020).
Homona coffearia (Nietner, 1861). India: Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Kerala; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Homona eductana (Walker, 1863). India (Andaman Is.); Myanmar.
Homona encausta (Walker, 1863). India; Nepal; Sri Lanka.
Homona nakaoi Yasuda, 1969. India: Jammu & Kashmir; Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Homona eductana (Walker, 1863)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/548074-Homona-eductana
Robinson et al Pl. 13/15-16 for Homona eductana
Homona encausta (Walker, 1863)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/550082-Homona-encausta
Robinson et al Pl. 13/13-14 Homona encausta
Homona nakaoi Yasuda, 1969
Ganai, M. and Khan, Z., 2017. Diversity of Tortricid Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Kashmir division, Jammu & Kashmir, India. J. Entomol Zoo, 5, pp.678-692. Pl. 12 for male.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- Tortrix coffearia Nietner, 1861. Enem. Coff. Ceyl.: 24.
- Robinson et al Pl. 13/11-12 for Homona coffearia
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371607-Homona-coffearia
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Homona coffearia (Nietner, 1861) – Tea Tortrix. 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/homona-coffearia, accessed 2025/11/10.

