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
Cirrhochrista annulifera -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919: Ficus benjamina (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- 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.
- http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/546970-Cirrhochrista-annulifera
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/annulifera.html [accessed 26 May 2020]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/cirrhochrista-annulifera, accessed 2025/10/25.