Taxonomic Information
Pygospila Guenée, 1854 species known from India.
Pygospila bivittalis Walker, 1866. India.
Pygospila costiflexalis Guenée, 1854. W. &. S. India, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Pygospila cuprealis Swinhoe, 1892. NE India; Myanmar.
Pygospila tyres (Cramer, [1780]). Indian subcontinent.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
- Pygospila costiflexalis Guenée, 1854. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 313. TL: Bombay. Text at https://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell08bois#page/313/mode/1up.
- 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. 362, # 5058.
Other Notes
Pygospila tyres is a similar species.
Pygospila costiflexalis is cupreous-brown intead of shiny black. FW with the sub-basal line and a spot above it, near base, fulvous. Paired spots beyond cell and towards apex are separated, unlike P. tyres, where they are conjoined. Only two fulvous marginal spots above tornus (three white spots in P. tyres). HW spot above cell, absent. Male has a prominently flexed (indentated) costa, which is diagnostic.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Pygospila costiflexalis Guenée, 1854 – . 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/pygospila-costiflexalis, accessed 2025/04/24.