Locastra muscosalis (Walker, [1866]) -

Taxonomic Information

Locastra Walker, 1859 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on (Ranjan et. al. 2022). 
Locastra muscosalis (Walker, [1866]). India: Sikkim, Nagas, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram; Sri Lanka; Myanmar. 
Locastra pachylepidalis Hampson, 1896. Bhutan (TL). 
Locastra crassipennis (Walker, 1857). India: Sikkim; Bangladesh (Sylhet: TL).
Locastra viridis Rong & Li, 2017. India: Sikkim (Ranjan et. al. 2022). 
Locastra mizo Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, 2022. India: Mizoram (TL: Kanhmun). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Locastra muscosalis -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh112
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya21
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total13122
Locastra muscosalis (Walker, [1866]): Lannea coromandelica (Anacardiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
  1. Taurica muscosalis Walker [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1269. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1269/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 119, #4455. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pl. 143/15. 
  4. Rong, H. and Li, H., 2017. Review of the genus Locastra Walker, 1859 from China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae). ZooKeys, (724), p.101. Fig. 8. 
  5. Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 48.12. 
  6. Ranjan, R., Singh, N. and Kirti, J.S., 2022. Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa, 5169(1), pp.71-78.
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/338570-Locastra-muscosalis
  8. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=314070 [accessed 03 August 2021]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Locastra muscosalis (Walker, [1866]) – . 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://moths.ncbs.res.in/locastra-muscosalis, accessed 2024/03/28.