Taxonomic Information
Pomasia Guenée, [1858] species known from India.
Pomasia denticlathrata Warren, 1893. India: Nagaland (TL: Naga Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Pomasia parerga Prout, 1941. NE India.
Pomasia punctaria Hampson, 1912. India: Nilgiris (TL), Chennai, Karnataka.
Pomasia psylaria Guenée, [1858]. Sri Lanka (TL).
Pomasia sparsata Hampson, 1902. India: TL: Cardamom Hills, Travancore, Kerala.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pomasia sparsata -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Kerala | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 |
- Pomasia sparsata Hampson, 1902. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 14: 518, pl. C/17. TL: Cardamom Hills, Travancore. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95311#page/610/mode/1up
- Seitz,A. (Ed.). Vol. 12, Pl. 36k.
- Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, T. Karmakar & K. Kunte. 2021. Moth diversity (Lepidoptera) of Shendurney and Ponmudi in Agastyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India: an update. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(3): 166-178. pl. 4/74.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1103444-Pomasia-sparsata
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pomasia sparsata Hampson, 1902 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/Pomasia-sparsata, accessed 2025/11/21.