Circobotys Butler 1879

Genus Circobotys Butler, 1879 (Crambidae: Pyraustinae: Pyraustini) Circobotys Butler, 1879: 77. TS: Circobotys nycterina Butler, 1879, by original designation. Currently, the genus Circobotys comprises 28 species (Nuss et al. 2003 – 2025), of which seven have been reported from India: C. aurimargo Warren, 1896, C. brevivittalis (Hampson, 1896b), C. fuscalis Hampson, 1891, C. limbata Moore, 1888, C. nigrescens (Moore, 1888), C. occultilinea (Walker, 1863) and C. sinisalis (Walker, 1859) (Singh et al. 2022). In this study, C. obscuriptera is reported from India for the first time.