Taxonomic Information
Trabala Walker, 1856 species known from Indian subregion (Zolotuhin & Pinratana, 2005; Saini et al 2019; Joshi et al, 2023).
Trabala irrorata Moore, 1884. South Myanmar?
Trabala maharadja Zolotuhin, 2002. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya).
Trabala pallida (Walker, 1855). India: Himachal Pradesh, S. India, Andaman Is. ; Myanmar.
Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827). Throughout India.
Doubtful records from India:
Trabala ganesha Roepke, 1951. India: NW Himalaya.
Trabala viridana Joicey & Talbot, 1917. NE India?.
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Similar species: Trabala pallida which is small, has post-medial line curved near costa and dark cilia.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827) – Vishnu Lappet Moth: Berberis asiatica (Berberidaceae),Bischofia javanica (Phyllanthaceae), Butea monosperma (Leguminosae),Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Eucalyptus robusta, Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae),Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae), Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae), Quercus dilatata (Fagaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010); Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) (reared by Sanjay Sondhi, 2020).
- , pg 42, pl 3/11-13.
- Saini, S., Kaleka, A.S. and Singh, D., 2019. Studies on three species of genus Trabala Walker (Lasiocampidae: Bombycoidea: Lepidoptera) from North West India. Annals Entomology, 37(01), pp.19-27.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N. and Ahmad, J., 2023. An annotated catalogue of Indian Lasiocampidae (Lasiocampoidea, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5228(5), pp.547-583.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827) – Vishnu Lappet Moth. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.21. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/trabala-vishnou, accessed 2026/06/11.