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
Cirrhochrista spissalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 |
Cirrhochrista spissalis (Guenée, [1854]): Ficus carica (Moraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
- 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.
- Inoue, H., S. Sugi, H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti & A. Kawabe. 1982. Moths of Japan. Vol. 2 Tokyo: Kodansha.pl. 38/35.
- http://www.pyralidsofborneo.org/index.php?spisalis
- 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., 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-spissalis, accessed 2025/10/25.