List of moths of India (Bombycidae)

This is a list of moths of the family Bombycidae that are found in India . It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of India.

Subfamily Bombycinae

Genus Bombyx

• Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 Note: an exotic species maintained in domestic situations only for the silk trade; native to China
• Bombyx lugubris (Drury, 1782) (= Theophila lugubris(Drury, 1782) sensu Hampson, 1892)
• Bombyx huttoni Westwood, 1847

Genus Triuncina

• Triuncina religiosae (Helfer, 1837) (= Theophila huttoni(Westwood, 1847)sensu Hampson, 1892)

Genus Ocinara

• Ocinara albicollis Walker, 1862

Genus Ectrocta

• Ectrocta diaphana Hampson, 1892 [1893]

Genus Trilocha

• Trilocha varians (Walker, 1855) (= Ocinara variansWalker, 1855sensu Hampson, 1892)

Genus Penicillifera

• Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862) (= Ocinara apicalisWalker, 1862 and Ocinara signiferaWalker, 1862sensu Hampson, 1892)

Genus Gunda

• Gunda thwaitesii Hampson, 1892
• Gunda sikkima Moore, 1879
• Gunda ochracea Walker, 1862

Genus Norasuma

• Norasuma javanica (Moore, 1872) (= Gunda javanicaMoore, 1872sensu Hampson, 1892)

Subfamily Prismostictinae

Genus Mustilia

• Mustilia falcipennis Walker, 1865
• Mustilia sphingiformis Moore, 1879
• Mustilia hepatica Moore, 1879

Genus Andraca

• Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865

See also

• Bombycidae
• Moths
• Lepidoptera
• List of moths of India

References

• Hampson, G.F. et al. (1892–1937) Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma - Moths. Vols. 1-5 cxix + 2813 p - 1295 figs - 1 table - 15 pl (12 in col.)
• Savela, Markku. Website on Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms - Page on Family Bombycidae (Accessed on 8 July 2007).