Taxonomic Information
Bacotoma Moore, 1885 species known from India
Bacotoma binotalis (Warren, 1896: 177). Myanmar.
Bacotoma cuprealis (Moore, 1877). India: Port Blair, South Andaman.
Bacotoma oggalis (Swinhoe, 1906). India: Khasi hills, Meghalaya.
Bacotoma violata (Fabricius, 1787). India: Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 2 |
- Phalaena violata Fabricius, 1787. 213. TL: Tharangambadi [Tranquebariae], Tamil Nadu, India. Type in ZMUC.
- Botys abjungalis Walker, 1859. 670. Type locality: Sri Lanka [Ceylon]. Type in NHMUK.
- Syngamia abjungalis Walker. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg. 281, #4828.
- Yang, Z., Ullah, M., Landry, J.F., Miller, S.E., Rosati, M.E. and Zhang, Y., 2019. Reassessment of the moth genus Bacotoma, with a new species from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 1(aop), pp.1-24.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Bacotoma violata (Fabricius, 1787) – . 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/bacotoma-violata, accessed 2025/04/24.