Taxonomic Information
Bocchoris Moore, 1885 species known from India.
Bocchoris albinalis Hampson, 1912. India.
Bocchoris ciliata (Swinhoe, 1894). India: Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.
Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852) – Dotted Sable. Bhutan; India.
Bocchoris pusaensis (Bhattacherjee, 1973). India: Pusa, Bihar.
Bocchoris telphusalis (Walker, 1859). India.
Bocchoris trimaculalis (Snellen, 1880). Myanmar; India.
Bocchoris trivitralis C. Swinhoe, 1895. Sri Lanka; India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Bocchoris ciliata (Swinhoe, 1894) has large medial white spot from below costa to v.1 on FW and discal patch from subcostals to v.2. (ref: Hampson vol 4, pg 285, # 4839).
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852) – Dotted Sable: Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Bocchoris Moore, [1885]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (2): 271; TS: Botys inspersalis Zeller at http://archive.org/stream/lepidopteraofcey03moor#page/272/mode/1up [accessed 16 July 2018]
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. Pg 284, # 4838.
- http://pyralids.plattenbaukasten.de/index.php?inspersalis [accessed 16 July 2018]
- www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/bocchoris_inspersalis.htm
- http://www.afromoths.net/species/show/13026 [accessed 16 July 2018]
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Bocchoris_inspersalis.html [accessed 16 July 2018]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852) – Dotted Sable. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/bocchoris-inspersalis, accessed 2025/04/30.