Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794) - Cabbage Cluster Caterpillar

Taxonomic Information

Crocidolomia Zeller, 1852 species known from India.
Crocidolomia luteolalis Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka. 
Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794). India. 
Crocidolomia suffusalis (Hampson, 1891). India. 

Singh et al (2021) list only Crocidolomia pavonana and Crocidolomia suffusalis from India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Crocidolomia pavonana - Cabbage Cluster Caterpillar


Males have tuft of hair on forewing in Crocidolomia pavonana and Crocidolomia luteolalisCrocidolomia suffusalis (Hampson, 1891), the third species from India has a prominent black patch on FW inner margin. 
Chen, N. and Wang, S.X., 2013. Review of the genus Crocidolomia Zeller, 1852 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 41(163), pp.357-364. Mentions in a key that pavonana and luteolalis have two discocellular stigma and pavonana is pale yellow while luteolalis is bright ferruginous red.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat31421
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra1
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu1
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand11
West Bengal31
Total31433211211
  1. Pyralis pavonana Fabricius, 1794. 275-276. TL: Tamil Nadu, India.
  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. 372-373 for all three Indian species of Crocidolomia Zeller, 1852. 
  3. Robinson, G.S., K.R.Tuck, M. Shaffer & K. Cook. 1994. The Smaller Moths of South-East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 308 pp., 51 figs., 32 pls. Pl. 29/12. 
  4. Chen, N. and Wang, S.X., 2013. Review of the genus Crocidolomia Zeller, 1852 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 41(163), pp.357-364.
  5. Singh, N. ,  R.Ranjan, A. Talukdar, R. Joshi, J. S. Kirti, K. Chandra & R. Mally. 2022. A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5197 (1): 001–423. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5197.1.1
  6. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ever/pavonana.html
  7. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/GLAPHRYIINAE/crocidolomia%20pavonana.htm 
  8. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124587-Crocidolomia-pavonana

Note: Crocidolomia binotalis Zeller, 1852 is a synonym of Crocidolomia pavonana. Singh et al (2021) list only Crocidolomia pavonana and Crocidolomia suffusalis from India. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794) – Cabbage Cluster Caterpillar. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/crocidolomia-pavonana, accessed 2024/03/28.