Cirrhochrista spissalis (Guenée, [1854]) -

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. 

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
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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Cirrhochrista spissalis (Guenée, [1854]): Ficus carica (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)

  1. OD: Botys spissalis Guenée, [1854]. Deltoïdes et pyralites. In: Boisduval, J.A. & Guenée, A., Hist. nat. des Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) Vol. 8, 448pp. + 10 pls., Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. Pg. 326-327. 
  2. Inoue, H., S. Sugi, H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti & A. Kawabe. 1982. Moths of Japan. Vol. 2 Tokyo: Kodansha.pl. 38/35. 
  3. http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?spisalis 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209548-Cirrhochrista-spissalis 

Notes: Sometimes listed as Pachybotys Warren, 1895 but we follow Nuss et al. 2021 for generic placement. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Cirrhochrista spissalis (Guenée, [1854]) – . 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-spissalis, accessed 2025/07/08.