Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) -

Taxonomic Information

Tamba Walker, 1869 species known from Indian subcontinent. 
Tamba apicata (Hampson, 1902) (Zethes). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Tamba cautiperas (Hampson, 1912) (Marapana). Sri Lanka. 
Tamba decolor (Walker, 1865) (Focilla). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL). 
Tamba griseipars Hampson, 1926. Bhutan (TL). 
Tamba lahera (Swinhoe, 1897) (Zethes). India: Andaman Is. 
Tamba lala (Swinhoe, 1900) (Zethes). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram. 
Tamba lineifera (Walker, 1865) (Ephyrodes). Sri Lanka.
Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926. India: Karnataka, West Bengal. 
Tamba multiplaga (Swinhoe, 1901). India: Meghalaya (Jaintia Hill: TL), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) (Obdora). India: Maharashtra, Mizoram, Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka; 
Tamba palliolata (Swinhoe, 1890) (Zethes). Myanmar (TL). 
Tamba prunescens Hampson, 1926. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Tamba redupilicalis (Walker, [1866]). India (TL). 
Tamba rufipennis (Hampson, 1895) (Zethes). Bhutan (TL); Nepal. 
Tamba scopulina Hampson, 1926. Myanmar (TL).
Tamba submicacea Walker, 1869. India; Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi: TL). 
Tamba venusta (Hampson, 1898) (Egnasia). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal.
Tamba vinolia (Hampson, 1895). India: Sikkim (TL).
Tamba usurpatalis (Walker, [1859]) (Egnasia). Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
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
Mizoram1
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2
  1. Obdora nigrilinea Walker, 1869. Characters undescr. Lep. Het., p. 95. TL: Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh. Text at https://archive.org/stream/charactersofunde00walkrich#page/95/mode/1up
  2. Zethes ochrodes Swinhoe, 1899. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7), 3: 115.
  3. 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. 13, # 2737 as Zethes nigrilinea
  4. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/saroba/saroba_11_6.php
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/567548-Tamba-nigrilinea

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Tamba nigrilinea (Walker, 1869) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/tamba-nigrilinea, accessed 2024/10/05.