Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 - Yellow-tail Tussock Moth

Taxonomic Information

Somena similis (Moore, [1860]) and Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 are very similar species. 
See also Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Somena scintillans - Yellow-tail Tussock Moth


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir1
Jharkhand
Karnataka21
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1121
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand21
West Bengal
Total1121424

Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 – Yellow-tail Tussock Moth: Abelmoschus esculentus, Kleinhovia hospita, Corchorus sp., Hibiscus cannabinus (Malvaceae), Acacia nilotica, Cajanus cajan, Cassia fistula, Crotalaria juncea, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae),Aesculus indica (Sapindaceae), Berberis sp. (Berberidaceae), Cosmos sulphureus, Helianthus annuus (Compositae), Buchanania cochinchinensis, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Capparis sp. (Capparaceae), Clerodendrum infortunatum (Lamiaceae), Coffea sp. (Rubiaceae), Coriaria nepalensis (Coriariaceae), Cucurbita sp. (Cucurbitaceae), Ficus benghalensis, Ficus racemosa (Moraceae), Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia thorelii, Punica granatum (Lythraceae), Lantana camara, Lantana montevidensis (Verbenaceae), Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae),Loranthus sp. (Loranthaceae), Malus pumila, Rosa sp. (Rosaceae), Pennisetum americanum (Poaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae), Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Somena scintillans Walker, 1856. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1734; TL: North India.
  2. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig, Pg 483, # 1101 as Euproctis scintillans
  3. Moths of Nepal, Part 2. Pl. 56/12-13 for male and female. 
  4. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Somena-scintillans.php [accessed 27 December 2018]
  5. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=674780 [accessed 27 December 2018]
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/701723-Somena-scintillans

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 – Yellow-tail Tussock Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/somena-scintillans, accessed 2024/03/29.