Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919 -

Taxonomic Information

Cirrhochrista Lederer, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919. India; Meghalaya (?). Needs verification. 
Cirrhochrista bracteolalis Hampson, 1891. India: Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra. 
Cirrhochrista brizoalis (Walker, 1859). India: Arunachal, West Bengal, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Chandigarh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh. 
Cirrhochrista fumipalpis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. 
Cirrhochrista fuscusa Chen, Song & Wu, 2006. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya. 
Cirrhochrista pulchellalis Lederer, 1863. India: Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam. 
Cirrhochrista semibrunnea Hampson, 1896. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, West Bengal. 
Cirrhochrista spissalis (Guenée, 1854). India: Meghalaya (Khasis), Nagaland. 

Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919 is an extralimital species and its status in India needs investigation.. 

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 UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919: Ficus benjamina (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 

  1. OD: Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, G.F. 1919. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Crambinae and Siginae, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9, Volume 4 (1919), p. 323, No. 4b. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53371#page/359/mode/1up.
  2. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/546970-Cirrhochrista-annulifera
  3. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/annulifera.html [accessed 26 May 2020]

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/cirrhochrista-annulifera, accessed 2025/07/13.