Taxonomic Information
Tamba Walker, 1869 species known from Indian subcontinent.
Tamba apicata (Hampson, 1902) (Zethes). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Tamba cautiperas (Hampson, 1912) (Marapana). Sri Lanka.
Tamba decolor (Walker, 1865) (Focilla). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL).
Tamba griseipars Hampson, 1926. Bhutan (TL).
Tamba lahera (Swinhoe, 1897) (Zethes). India: Andaman Is.
Tamba lala (Swinhoe, 1900) (Zethes). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Tamba lineifera (Walker, 1865) (Ephyrodes). Sri Lanka.
Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926. India: Karnataka, West Bengal.
Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901). India: Meghalaya (Jaintia Hill: TL), Arunachal Pradesh.
Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) (Obdora). India: Maharashtra, Mizoram, Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka;
Tamba palliolata (Swinhoe, 1890) (Zethes). Myanmar (TL).
Tamba prunescens Hampson, 1926. India: Sikkim (TL).
Tamba redupilicalis (Walker, [1866]). India (TL).
Tamba rufipennis (Hampson, 1895) (Zethes). Bhutan (TL); Nepal.
Tamba scopulina Hampson, 1926. Myanmar (TL).
Tamba submicacea Walker, 1869. India; Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi: TL).
Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) (Egnasia). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Tamba vinolia (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim (TL).
Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) (Egnasia). Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926
Diagnosis. Tamba lala is somewhat similar to Tamba mniomera in appearance, but the postmedials are straighter, more definitely double, and the forewing is bisected longitudinally by a much broader dark brown streak. There is more of a pinkish suffusion, particularly on the hindwing.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 |
- Zethes lala Swinhoe, 1900. Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum, 2: 189. TL: Singapore. Pl. 4, f. 8. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75443#page/201/mode/1up
- Yoshimoto, H. 2002. A new and two unrecorded species of Tamba Walker (Noctuidae, Ophiderinae) from Taiwan Tinea 17 (1) : 42-47. Pg. 45. Fig. 3.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 64. Pl. 16/1.
- Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar & K. Kunte, 2024. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region. Trop. Lepid. Res., 34(1): 47-59.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_11_16.php
Note: New record for India (Sondhi et al 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Tamba lala (Swinhoe, 1900) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Tamba-lala, accessed 2024/05/02.