Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860 -

Taxonomic Information

Corymica Walker, 1860 species known from India.
Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Karnataka.
Corymica deducta (Walker, 1866). India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. 
Corymica exiguinota Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Corymica immaculata Warren, 1897. India: Sikkim
Corymica pryeri Butler, 1878. Kangra district, Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh. 
Corymica pryeri vitrigera Butler, 1889. India: Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Corymica spatiosa Prout, 1925. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Corymica specularia (Moore, 1868). India: Assam, Uttarakhand. 
​​​​​​​Corymica vesicularia (Walker, 1866). NE Himalaya. 

The larva of Corymica deducta in S. India does not match the description provided by Holloway on Moths of Borneo and needs further investigation. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
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Sikkim
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
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Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860: Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. OD: Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 231; TL: Borneo, Sarawak. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1921brit/page/231/mode/1up?view=theater (female)
  2. Corymica arnearia; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 851. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen782zool/page/851/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. 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. 185, # 3193. Lists vesicularia a synonym, which is now treated as a valid species. 
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymica_arnearia#/media/File:Corymica_arnearia.jpg for female. 
  5. http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=344761&photo_id=f2632a189c93cbbb9fb9eea740bccf5d
  6. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/69_Geometridae/72.2_Ennominae/2927_Corymica/2927_Corymica_arnearia/Corymica_arnearia.htm
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_13_1.php
 Note: Identification of Corymica species is supported by underside details; hence listed as cf. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Corymica arnearia Walker, 1860 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/corymica-arnearia, accessed 2024/03/28.