Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891) -

Taxonomic Information

Phazaca Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Phazaca erosioides Walker, 1863. Indo-Australian tropics. 
Phazaca theclata (Guenée, 1857). India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Kerala; Nepal; Myanmar; Sri Lanka.
Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891).  India: Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Phazaca multistrigaria (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Uttarakhand. 
Phazaca unicauda (Hampson). India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Phazaca leucocera -


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Dirades leucocera Hampson, 1891. Illustr. typical Specimens Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 8:102.
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg., 133, # 3067. Listed as Dirades leucocera.
  3. Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Pl. 24/28.
  4. http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?action=browse&id=Balantiucha_Leucocera_En&revision=6 [accessed 19 April 2021]
  5. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/epipleminae/epipleminae_13_5.php

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/phazaca-leucocera, accessed 2024/04/16.