Taxonomic Information
Penicillifera Dierl, 1978 species known from India.
Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862). India.
Penicillifera lactea (Hutton, 1865). India: Uttarakhand (TL: Mussoorie).
Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950). India: NE India, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Ocinara tamsi Lemée, 1950. Contrib. l’étude Lépid. Haut-Tonkin et Saigon: 37.
- Ocinara tetrapuncta Chu & Wang, 1993, Sinozoologia 10: 230.
- Zolotuhin, V. V. & T. J. Witt, 2009. The Bombycidae of Vietnam Entomofauna Suppl 16: 231-272. Pg 246 & Pl 22 fig 6,7.
- Wang, X., M. Wang, V. V. Zolotuhin, T. Hirowatari, S. Wu & G. Huang. 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa 3989 (1): 001–138.
- Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls. Pg. 100, Pl. 40/14.
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=297982
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1342976-Penicillifera-tamsi
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/penicillifera-tamsi, accessed 2025/11/03.