Taxonomic Information
Somena similis (Moore, [1860]) and Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 are very similar species.
See also Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Somena scintillans - Yellow-tail Tussock Moth
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 – Yellow-tail Tussock Moth: Abelmoschus esculentus, Kleinhovia hospita, Corchorus sp., Hibiscus cannabinus (Malvaceae), Acacia nilotica, Cajanus cajan, Cassia fistula, Crotalaria juncea, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae),Aesculus indica (Sapindaceae), Berberis sp. (Berberidaceae), Cosmos sulphureus, Helianthus annuus (Compositae), Buchanania cochinchinensis, Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Capparis sp. (Capparaceae), Clerodendrum infortunatum (Lamiaceae), Coffea sp. (Rubiaceae), Coriaria nepalensis (Coriariaceae), Cucurbita sp. (Cucurbitaceae), Ficus benghalensis, Ficus racemosa (Moraceae), Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia thorelii, Punica granatum (Lythraceae), Lantana camara, Lantana montevidensis (Verbenaceae), Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae),Loranthus sp. (Loranthaceae), Malus pumila, Rosa sp. (Rosaceae), Pennisetum americanum (Poaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae), Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae), Tamarix sp. (Tamaricaceae), Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Somena scintillans Walker, 1856. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1734; TL: North India.
- 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 483, # 1101 as Euproctis scintillans.
- Moths of Nepal, Part 2. Pl. 56/12-13 for male and female.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Somena-scintillans.php [accessed 27 December 2018]
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=674780 [accessed 27 December 2018]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/701723-Somena-scintillans
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 – Yellow-tail 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/somena-scintillans, accessed 2025/04/23.