Corgatha costipicta Hampson, 1895 -

Taxonomic Information

Corgatha Walker, [1859] species from Indian subcontinent:
Corgatha atrimargo Hampson, 1910. India: Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya. No previous published records from India. 
Corgatha albivertex Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha albicinctalis (Walker, [1866]). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya. 
Corgatha atrifalcis Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha argenticosta Hampson, 1910. Bhutan. 
Corgatha argentisparsa (Hampson, 1895). India: Himachal Pradesh. 
Corgatha costinotalis (Moore, 1867). India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling); Nepal.  
Corgatha costipicta Hampson, 1895. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Nepal. 
Corgatha dictaria (Moore, 1861). India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra. 
Corgatha diplochorda Hampson, 1907. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Corgatha griseicosta Holloway, 1976. Myanmar.
Corgatha melanistis Hampson, 1910. Myanmar.
Corgatha minor Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha nigripalpis (Walker, 1864). Sri Lanka; Borneo. 
Corgatha oblataria (Walker, 1861). Sri Lanka.
Corgatha rubra (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris. 
Corgatha semipardata (Walker, 1862). Nepal. 
Corgatha trichogyia Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Corgatha zonalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh21
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total211
  1. Corgatha costipicta Hampson, 1895. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2): 300; TL: Sikkim. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1895roya/page/299/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. 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. 519, # 2144b.
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1993. Moths of Nepal. Part 2. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 3). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 43/34. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Corgatha costipicta Hampson, 1895 – . 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://mothsofindia.org/corgatha-costipicta, accessed 2025/04/23.