Taxonomic Information
Brunia Moore, 1878 species known from India.
Brunia gibonica (Černý, 2009). India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Brunia cucullata (Moore, 1878). India: Andaman Is., Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
Brunia antica (Walker, 1854). India, Sri Lanka.
Brunia fumidisca (Hampson, 1894). India: Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Brunia sarawaca (Butler, 1877). India: NE Himalaya.
Brunia brevipennis (Walker, 1854). Maybe synonym of B. antica.
Brunia terminalis (Moore, 1878). Maybe synonym of B. sarawaca.
Brunia griseola (Hübner, 1827). Needs confirmation.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Brunia cucullata -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 |
- Katha cucullata Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 17; TL: Andamans. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen78zool/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater
- Lithosia cucullata Moore, 1878. Gross-Schmett. Erde 10: 209. Text at https://archive.org/details/diegrossschmette10seit/page/209/mode/1up?view=theater
- Ilema cucullata Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 160, pl. 22, f. 11. text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/160/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid13brit/page/n112/mode/2up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 84, # 1366 as Lithosia cucullata.
- Bucsek, K. 2017. Contribution to the study of the genus Brunia Moore, 1878 (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) Entomofauna 38 (8) : 141-176. Pg. 146, Pl. 1/7, 7a.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Brunia cucullata (Moore, 1878) – . 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/brunia-cucullata, accessed 2025/09/16.