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
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Corgatha figuralis (Walker, 1866) is a similar extralimital species which has a very pale costa.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acon/figuralis.html
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
- Acidalia (?) dictaria Walker, 1861. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 23: 759. TL: Shanghai. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122745#page/285/mode/1up
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (insecta : lepidoptera) of Hong Kong.Pl. 41/20.
- Inoue, H., S. Sugi, H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti & A. Kawabe. 1982. Moths of Japan. Vol. 2 Tokyo: Kodansha.Pl. 196/13 for female.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Acontiinae+Eustrotiinae/Corgatha_dictaria.html [accessed 01 June 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343243-Corgatha-dictaria
Note: S. Indian individuals on MOI (by593, ck177, cn924) have white on the head. Different species in S. India? Needs investigation.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Corgatha dictaria (Walker, 1861) – . 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-dictaria, accessed 2025/11/04.