Taxonomic Information
Penicillifera Dierl, 1978 species known from India.
Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862)
Penicillifera lactea (Hutton, 1865)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862) - Ficus semicordata, Ficus elastica, Ficus racemosa (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Dasychira apicalis Walker, 1862. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 130; TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed06linn/page/130/mode/1up?view=theater
- Dasychira signifera Walker, 1862. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 6: 130; TL: Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofproceed06linn/page/130/mode/1up?view=theater
- Holloway, J. D. 1987. The Moths of Borneo. Part 3. Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae. Plate 9,# pg. 85
- Wang, X., M. Wang, V. V. Zolotuhin, T. Hirowatari, S. Wu & G. Huang. 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa 3989 (1): 001–138.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/penicillifera-apicalis, accessed 2024/04/19.