Psyra angulifera Walker, 1867 -

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

Similar species:

Psyra cuneata Hampson,1895 only difference is the ground colour which is purplish fuscous in angulifera and yellowish brown in cuneata. Hampson states in the eastern form, similaria (now treated as a species), bright yellow.
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1
Total111
  1. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometrida, pg 222, # 3289.
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal.  pl. 11/2 erroneously mentioned as annulifera.
  3. 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.
  4. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=396711 [accessed 14 Oct 2015]

Page citation

Anonymous 2026. Psyra angulifera Walker, 1867 – . 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/psyra-angulifera, accessed 2026/01/08.