Taxonomic Information
Thacona Walker, 1865 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Thacona ingens (Walker, 1866). India: Sikkim, Assam; Bangladesh (TL: Sylhet); Myanmar.
Thacona punctifascia (Hampson, 1897). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), Assam.
Thacona ferreopicta (Hampson, 1900). India: Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Kerala | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 |
- Gargetta ferreopicta Hampson, 1900. The Moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in “The Fauna of British India”. Series II, Part I. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (13): 37–51. Pg. 40-41. TL: Ceylon, Trincomalee.
- Unnikrishnan, M.P., St Laurent, R.A. and Jacob, S., 2025. Report on the rediscovery of Thacona ferreopicta (Hampson, 1900)(Lepidoptera, Scranciidae) with the first description of female genitalia from India. ENTOMON, 50(2), pp.239-242.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Thacona ferreopicta (Hampson, 1900) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/thacona-ferreopicta, accessed 2025/07/26.