Taxonomic Information
Locastra Walker, 1859 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on (Ranjan et. al. 2022).
Locastra muscosalis (Walker, [1866]). India: Sikkim, Nagas, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram; Sri Lanka; Myanmar.
Locastra pachylepidalis Hampson, 1896. Bhutan (TL).
Locastra crassipennis (Walker, 1857). India: Sikkim; Bangladesh (Sylhet: TL).
Locastra viridis Rong & Li, 2017. India: Sikkim (Ranjan et. al. 2022).
Locastra mizo Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, 2022. India: Mizoram (TL: Kanhmun).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Locastra muscosalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
- Taurica muscosalis Walker [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1269. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1269/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 119, #4455.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 143/15.
- Rong, H. and Li, H., 2017. Review of the genus Locastra Walker, 1859 from China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae). ZooKeys, (724), p.101. Fig. 8.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 48.12.
- Ranjan, R., Singh, N. and Kirti, J.S., 2022. Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa, 5169(1), pp.71-78.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338570-Locastra-muscosalis
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=314070 [accessed 03 August 2021]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Locastra muscosalis (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/locastra-muscosalis, accessed 2025/10/25.