Taxonomic Information
List of Triphosa Stephens, 1829 species known from India.
Triphosa acutipennis Warren, 1896. India: Kumaon, Uttarakhand.
Triphosa corrasata Warren, 1897. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Triphosa dubiosata (Warren, 1862). India: Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.
Triphosa expansa (Moore, 1888). India: Darjeeling, Himalayas.
Triphosa mnestira Prout, 1938. India: Kashmir, Simla district, 8000ft.
Triphosa nigralbata (Warren). Nepal.
Triphosa oenozona Prout, 1923. India: Assam, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Triphosa pallescens Warren, 1896. Nepal; India: Punjab, Kumaon, Uttarakhand.
Triphosa rubrodotata (Walker, 1862). India.
Triphosa venimaculata (Moore, 1868). India: Bengal.
Triphosa melanoplagia (Hampson, 1902). India: Sikkim. Currently treated as Rheumaptera melanoplagia (Hampson, 1902)
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
- Viidalepp, J. 2011. A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa, 3136: 1–44.
- Ounap, E., Viidalepp, J. and Truuverk, A., 2016. Phylogeny of the subfamily L arentiinae (L epidoptera: G eometridae): Integrating molecular data and traditional classifications. Systematic Entomology, 41(4), pp.824-843. For placement in its own tribe, Triphosini.
- Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 296 pp.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Triphosa spp. Stephens, 1829 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/triphosa-spp, accessed 2025/12/13.