Taxonomic Information
Corgatha Walker, [1859] species from Indian subcontinent:
Corgatha atrimargo Hampson, 1910. India: Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya. No previous published records from India.
Corgatha albivertex Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha albicinctalis (Walker, [1866]). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Corgatha atrifalcis Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha argenticosta Hampson, 1910. Bhutan.
Corgatha argentisparsa (Hampson, 1895). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Corgatha costinotalis (Moore, 1867). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling); Nepal.
Corgatha costipicta Hampson, 1895. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Nepal.
Corgatha dictaria (Moore, 1861). India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
Corgatha diplochorda Hampson, 1907. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Corgatha griseicosta Holloway, 1976. Myanmar.
Corgatha melanistis Hampson, 1910. Myanmar.
Corgatha minor Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha nigripalpis (Walker, 1864). Sri Lanka; Borneo.
Corgatha oblataria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka.
Corgatha rubra (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Corgatha semipardata (Walker, 1862). Nepal.
Corgatha trichogyia Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha zonalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Corgatha costinotalis -
Similar species to Corgatha costinotalis are:
Corgatha minor (Moore, [1885])
This species described from Sri Lanka as Capnodes minor, synonymised with costinotalis by Hampson in Moths of India , but listed as a valid species on Lepindex. OD mentions a 4th white spot near apex, & white tipped points on post-medial lines - Lepidoptera of Ceylon, pt 3 pg 212.
Corgatha pseudominor Holloway, 2009
Extralimital species. Somewhat close to Corgatha pseudominor but lacks white subapical spot.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4730367.
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- Hypena costinotalis Moore, 1867. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1867: 83. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533446#page/105/mode/1up
- 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. 347, # 2145.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 43/35.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Corgatha costinotalis (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/corgatha-costinotalis, accessed 2025/10/27.