Taxonomic Information
Targalla Walker, [1858] species known from the Indian subcontinent (Joshi et al. 2024).
Targalla albiceps (Hampson, 1894). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
Targalla apicifascia (Hampson, 1894). India: Karnataka, West Bengal.
Targalla bifacies (Walker, 1858. Sri Lanka.
Targalla carnea Warren, 1914. India: Rajasthan (Ajmer).
Targalla delatrix (Guenée, 1852). India: South India, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh (Solan), Maharashtra (Pune), Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Targalla duplicilinea (Walker, 1862). India: Nagaland, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Targalla palliatrix (Guenée, 1852). India (Arunachal Pradesh). Needs confirmation.
Targalla repleta (Walker, 1865). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Targalla subocellata (Walker, [1863]). India: NE Himalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam.
Targalla suffundens (Walker, [1863]). India: Nagaland.
Targalla sugii Holloway, 1985. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya (Cherrapunji); Nepal.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Targalla apicifascia -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
- OD: Eutelia apicifascia Hampson, 1894, Fauna of British India, Moths 2: 394, # 2269.
- Targalla apicifascia Hampson; Swinhoe, 1902, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 10: 496.
- Eutelia mediofusca Bethune-Baker, 1906, Novit. zool. 13: 228.
- Phlegetonia apicifascia Hampson; Holloway, 1976: 17.
- Joshi, R., Singh, N., Ahmad, J. & Farooqui, S.A., 2024. A Catalogue of Indian Euteliidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5448(2), pp.151-182.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-14/euteliinae/euteliinae_8_11.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202818-Targalla-apicifascia
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Targalla apicifascia (Hampson, 1894) – . 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/targalla-apicifascia, accessed 2025/10/30.