Thysanoptyx tetragona (Walker, 1854) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 known from India.
Thysanoptyx manganensis N. Singh & Joshi, 2017. India (Sikkim).
Thysanoptyx pseudotetragona Joshi, Singh & Kirti, 2015. India (Kerala).
Thysanoptyx sordida (Butler, 1881). India (West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh).
Thysanoptyx tetragona (Walker, 1854). India (Sikkim, North India, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Kerala, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Tripura).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Thysanoptyx tetragona -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total23
  1. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. pg 75, # 1329. Text at https://archive.org/stream/moths02hamp#page/74/mode/2up
  2. Volynkin, A.V. and Dubatolov, V.V., 2017. On the taxonomy of the genus Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894, with description of two new species from Indochina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa, 4277(1), pp.111-121.
  3. Singh, N. , Joshi. R., J. S. Kirti & A. V. Volynkin. 2017. A new species of Thysanoptyx Hampson,1894 from India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4319 (2): 375–378. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.8
  4. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/631364 [accessed 04 November 2017]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Thysanoptyx tetragona (Walker, 1854) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/thysanoptyx-tetragona, accessed 2024/03/28.