Dysstroma cinereata (Moore, [1868]) -

Taxonomic Information

Dysstroma Hübner, 1825 species known from India and Nepal (Kirti et al 2019) and Moths of Nepal. 
Dysstroma aquilum Yazaki, 2000. Nepal. 
Dysstroma albiangulata (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim; Nepal. 
Dysstroma brunneoviridata Heydemann, 1938. Nepal. 
Dysstroma calamistrata (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal. 
Dysstroma cinereata (Moore, 1868). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. 
Dysstroma dentifera Warren, 1896. India: Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal; Nepal.  
Dysstroma flavifusa (Heydemann, 1929). India: Sikkim. 
Dysstroma flavipennis (Hampson, 1902). India: Kashmir. 
Dysstroma incolorata Heydemann, 1929. India: Sikkim.
Dysstroma planifasciata (Prout, 1914). India: Kashmir; Nepal. 
Dysstroma proavia (Heydemann, 1929). NW India. 
Dysstroma sikkimensis (Heydemann, 1932). India: Sikkim; Nepal. 
Dysstroma subapicaria (Moore, 1868). India: West Bengal; Nepal.  
Dysstroma tenebricosa (Heydemann, 1929). India: Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal. 
Dysstroma shirakawai Yazaki, 2000. Nepal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Dysstroma cinereata -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total11
  1. Cidaria cinereata Moore, 1867. Proc. Zool. Soc. Pg. 662. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93424#page/684/mode/1up. TL: "Bengal".
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 378 as Larentia truncata and numerous synonyms. 
  3. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 68/15. 
  4. Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572. pg. 17, Image 426. 
  5. http://www.jpmoth.org/Geometridae/Larentiinae/Dysstroma_cinereatum_japonicum.html
  6. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=413576 seems to be an erroneous ID. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Dysstroma cinereata (Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Dysstroma-cinereata, accessed 2024/04/20.