Crocidolomia spp. Zeller, 1852 -

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 spp. -


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 Pradesh1111
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat1312
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka11
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total131134

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Crocidolomia spp. Zeller, 1852 – . 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-spp, accessed 2024/03/29.