Taxonomic Information
Pycnarmon Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Pycnarmon abraxalis (Walker, [1866]). Bhutan; India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh.
Pycnarmon aeriferalis (Moore, 1877). India: Sikkim, S. Andamans (Port Blair).
Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794). Sri Lanka; India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Pycnarmon dryocentra (Meyrick, 1933). India: Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Pycnarmon jaguaralis (Guenée, 1854). Bhutan; India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Pycnarmon lactiferalis (Walker, 1859). India: West Bengal, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Pycnarmon marginalis (Snellen, 1890). India: Sikkim.
Pycnarmon meritalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Maharashtra, Karnataka.
Pycnarmon nebulosalis Hampson, 1896. Sri Lanka.
Pycnarmon obinusalis Walker, 1859. Eastern Pakistan; India: W India.
Pycnarmon pulchralis (Swinhoe, 1901). Myanmar.
Pycnarmon radiata (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Pycnarmon virgatalis Moore, 1867. Sri Lanka; India: West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Pycnarmon virgatalis -
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Pycnarmon virgatalis Moore, F. 1867. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. – Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London: 44-98, pls 6-7, 612-686, pls 32-33. Pg. 92, Pl. 7; Fig. 9.
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. # 4773, Pg. 257.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 163/17.
- Mally, R., Hayden, J.E., Neinhuis, C., Jordal, B.H. and Nuss, M., 2019. The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology. 77 (1): 141-204. No tribal placement yet for this genus.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pycnarmon virgatalis Moore, 1867 – . 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/pycnarmon-virgatalis, accessed 2025/10/27.