Bombyx incomposita (van Ecke, 1929) -

Taxonomic Information

Bombyx species known from India. 
Bombyx incomposita (van Ecke, 1929). NE India. 
Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Mussoorie); Himachal Pradesh, E. Himalaya; Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Bombyx incomposita -


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
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1
  1. OD: Theophila incomposita van Eecke, 1929, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 12: 65
  2. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/bombycidae/bombycidae_1_1.php
  3. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=326339
  4. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/80_BOMBYCOIDEA/05_BOMBYCIDAE/01_Bombyx/Bombyx%20incomposita/Bombyx%20incomposita.htm

Notes from Moths of Borneo:
Diagnosis. The grey falcate forewings with a black apical zone and fine, evenly curved fasciae are distinctive.
Taxonomic notes. Further dissection of Bombyx species has indicated that Sundanian material (incomposita) should be treated as distinct from Himalayan huttoni. The species is externally similar to huttoni, though specimens of the latter from the N.W. Himalaya have a double forewing postmedial, but the genitalia are relatively larger and more elongate.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Bombyx incomposita (van Ecke, 1929) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/bombyx-incomposita, accessed 2024/12/03.