Trilocha varians (Walker, 1855) -

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Trilocha varians Walker, 1855: Artocarpus integer, Ficus racemosa, Ficus religiosa, Ficus drupacea, Streblus asper (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).Ficus elastica, Ficus religiosa. It is a pest for these two species of Ficus.

  1. OD: Naprepa varians Walker, 1855. Cat. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. 5: 1153. TL: [Ceylon] “Ceylon and Hong Kong”. Syntype: male (BMNH).
  2. Chazena velata Walker, 1869. Char. Undescr. Het.: 21. TL: “Limas”.
  3. Trilocha varians Walker In: Kirby, 1892, A synonymic catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera 1: 718.
  4. Hampson, G. F. [1893]. Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig pg. 35, # 38; listed as Ocinara varians form albicollis (grey form) and form varians (red form).
  5. Wang, X., M. Wang, V. V. Zolotuhin, T. Hirowatari, S. Wu & G. Huang. 2005. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa 3989 (1): 001–138. 

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Anonymous 2025. Trilocha varians (Walker, 1855) – . 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/trilocha-varians, accessed 2025/04/24.