Taxonomic Information
Psyra Walker, 1860 species known from India and Nepal.
Psyra angulifera (Walker, 1867). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharmshala), Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam; Nepal.
Psyra cuneata Walker, 1860. India: W. Himalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Psyra crypta Yazaki, 1994. Nepal (TL: Mt Phulchouki).
Psyra debilis Warren, 1888. Pakistan (TL: Thundiani); India: Ladakh. Ssp. debilis and Ssp. indica.
Psyra dsagara Wehrli, 1953. India: West Bengal.
Psyra falcipennis Yazaki, 1994. India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal.
Psyra fulvaria Yazaki, 1992. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal.
Psyra gracilis Yazaki, 1992. India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal (TL: Godavari).
Psyra moderata Inoue, 1982
Psyra spurcataria Walker, 1863. India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Psyra similaria (Moore, [1868]). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Psyra szetschwana Wehrli, 1953. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Psyra variabilis Mallick, Bandyopadhyay & Sanyal, 2022. India: Uttarakhand (TL: Changsil, Govind WLS).
Needs validation.
Psyra trilineata (Moore, 1868) and Psyra rufolinearia Leech, 1897
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 4 | 1 |
- OD: Psyra cuneata Walker, 1860. List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Brit. Mus., 21: 483. Holotype ♂, India: North Hindostan (BMNH).
- 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. 223, # 3290.
- Liu, Z., D. Xue, W. Wang & H. Han. 2013. A review of Psyra Walker, 1860 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 3682 (3): 459–474. Fig 6-8. Pg. 464.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl 11/6.
- Mallick, K., Dey, R., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mazumder, A., Gayen, S., Ali, M., Das, G.N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K., Gupta, S.K. and Uniyal, V.P., 2022. Taxonomy and ecology of genus Psyra Walker, 1860 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from Indian Himalaya. Plos one, 17(4), p.e0266100.
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Psyra cuneata Walker, 1860 – . 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/psyra-cuneata, accessed 2026/01/13.