Taxonomic Information
Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Orgyia osseata Walker, 1862. India; SE Asia.
Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855). Oriental tropics.
Orgyia viridescens (Walker, 1855). Sri Lanka.
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855) – Cocoa Tussock Moth: Albizia lebbeck,Erythrina variegata, Erythrina subumbrans, Pithecellobium dulce, Glycine max, Pterocarpus marsupium (Fabaceae), Anogeissus latifolia (Combretaceae),Buchanania cochinchinensis, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Callicarpa pedunculata, Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae),Cinnamomum sp. (Lauraceae), Geranium sp. (Geraniaceae), Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae), Hopea sp., Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Lagerstroemia speciosa, Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae), Malus pumila (Rosaceae), Pelargonium peltatum (Geraniaceae), Cinchona sp. (Rubiaceae), Populus deltoides (Salicaceae), Prunus dulcis (Rosaceae), Ricinus communis, Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae), Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus xylopyrus (Rhamnaceae),Santalum album (Santalaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Lacida postica Walker, 1855. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 4: 803. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso46brit#page/803/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 436, # 960.
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. Image 109.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Orgyia-postica.php [accessed 07 September 2018]
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/orgyiini/orgyiini_1_1.php
Note: Females are wingless.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855) – Cocoa Tussock Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/orgyia-postica, accessed 2025/04/23.