Taxonomic Information
Tortricosia Hampson, 1900 species known globally.
Tortricosia excisa Hampson, 1900. Myanmar.
Tortricosia pallidexcisa Holloway, 2001. Borneo.
Tortricosia blanda (van Eecke, 1927). Borneo; Malaysia.
Tortricosia classeyi Holloway, 2001. Laos; Cambodia; Thailand; Peninsular Malaysia; Borneo; India (?).
Tortricosia solum Bucsek, 2012. Malaysia.
Note: This species is provisionally identified, as it represents a new record for India. Species identity is best confirmed by comparing male genitalia.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Tortricosia classeyi Holloway, 2001; Holloway, 2001, Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae Moths of Borneo 7 407, pl. 6, f. 335.
- Černý, K. & A. Pinratana . 2009. Moths of Thailand. Volume 6, Arctiidae. Bangkok, Brothers of St Gabriel in Thailand. 283 pp., 56 pls. 119, pl. 24: 236.
- Bucsek, K., 2020. Contribution to the knowledge of Lithosiini (Erebidae, Arctiinae) of central and northern Laos, part 3. Entomofauna carpathica, 32(2), pp.19-46. Pg. 28, Fig. 30.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/species/tortricosia-classeyi
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1220375-Tortricosia-classeyi
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/02_ARCTIINAE/04_Lithosiinae/49_Tortricosia/Tortricosia%20classeyi/Tortricosia%20classeyi.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Tortricosia classeyi Holloway, 2001 – . 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/tortricosia-classeyi, accessed 2026/01/31.