Taxonomic Information
Cirrhochrista Lederer, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919. India; Meghalaya (?). Needs verification.
Cirrhochrista bracteolalis Hampson, 1891. India: Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra.
Cirrhochrista brizoalis (Walker, 1859). India: Arunachal, West Bengal, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Chandigarh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
Cirrhochrista fumipalpis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh.
Cirrhochrista fuscusa Chen, Song & Wu, 2006. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya.
Cirrhochrista pulchellalis Lederer, 1863. India: Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam.
Cirrhochrista semibrunnea Hampson, 1896. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Cirrhochrista spissalis (Guenée, 1854). India: Meghalaya (Khasis), Nagaland.
Cirrhochrista annulifera Hampson, 1919 is an extralimital species and its status in India needs investigation.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Cirrhochrista fuscusa -
| 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 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Chen F, Song S, Wu C. 2006. A review of genus Cirrhochrista Lederer in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Schoenobiinae). Oriental Insects 40:97e105. No 6. Fig. 3, 13. For Cirrhochrista fuscusa OD.
- Ko, J.H., Lee, T.G., Bayarsaikhan, U., Park, B.S. and Bae, Y.S., 2020. Review of genus Cirrhochrista Lederer, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) from Cambodia, with the first description of the male of Cirrhochrista fuscusa. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 13(1), pp.50-56.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/714730-Cirrhochrista-fuscusa
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=705054
- http://mothtaiwan.blogspot.com/2010/12/cirrhochrista-fuscusa-chen-song-wu-2006.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Cirrhochrista fuscusa Chen, Song & Wu, 2006 – . 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/index.php/cirrhochrista-fuscusa, accessed 2025/08/21.