Taxonomic Information
Phazaca Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Phazaca erosioides Walker, 1863. Indo-Australian tropics.
Phazaca theclata (Guenée, 1857). India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Kerala; Nepal; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891). India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Phazaca multistrigaria (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Uttarakhand.
Phazaca unicauda (Hampson). India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Phazaca leucocera -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Dirades leucocera Hampson, 1891. Illustr. typical Specimens Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8:102.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg., 133, # 3067. Listed as Dirades leucocera.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Pl. 24/28.
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?action=browse&id=Balantiucha_Leucocera_En&revision=6 [accessed 19 April 2021]
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/epipleminae/epipleminae_13_5.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891) – . 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/phazaca-leucocera, accessed 2025/11/02.