Tochara Explained

Tochara is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

This genus resembles Hypospila with the differences of a long, bipectinated antennae in the male, a longer third segment of the labial palps and a distinctive dark spot on the hindwings.^[1]

Species

• Tochara creberrima (Walker, 1858) (from India to Japan and Australia)^[2]
• Tochara olivacea (Holloway, 1976) (from Borneo)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/miscellaneous_iii/miscellaneousiii_2.php Holloway: Moths of Borneo
2. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/80_Noctuidae/09Catocalinae/4320.1%20Tochara%20creberrima/Tochara%20creberrima.htm jpmoth.org