Sysstema semicirculata (Moore, [1868]) -

Taxonomic Information

Sysstema Warren, 1899 species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Sysstema semicirculata (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh. 
Sysstema pauxilla Prout, 1927. Myanmar. 
Sysstema albipicta (Warren, 1893) (Anagoge?). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh.
Sysstema longiplaga Prout, 1923. India: West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagas. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
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
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim2
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21
  1. Eupithecia semicirculata Moore, [1868], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867 (3): 654. TL: Darjiling. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90421#page/64/mode/1up
  2. Boarmia semicirculata; Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. pg 278, # 3447. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo., pg. 48, pl 74/15. 
  4. Kishida, Y. (Ed.). 2020. Moths of Laos, Part 1, TINEA Vol. 25, (Supplement 2), pp. 1-224, 94 pls.Pl. 29/30-31. Male & female. 
  5. Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp.Pg. 65, pl. 29/96. 
  6. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=535200

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Sysstema semicirculata (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/sysstema-semicirculata, accessed 2026/01/31.