Taxonomic Information
Aiteta Walker, 1856 species known from India (Joshi et al. 2021):
Aiteta apriformis (Walker, 1857). India: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Aiteta brooksi Holloway, 1976. India: Andaman Is..
Aiteta damnipennis (Walker, 1865). Indian subregion.
Aiteta musculina Walker, 1856. India: Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Aiteta rufoflava (Walker, [1857]). India: Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
Aiteta rufula Warren, 1912. India: Meghalaya (TL).
Aiteta trigoniphora (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (TL), Himalayan region.
Aiteta truncata (Walker, 1858) is treated as a synonym of Aiteta musculina Walker, 1856.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Aiteta rufoflava -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Xanthia rufoflava Walker, 1856 [1857]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus., part X, Pg. 467. Text at https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso1012brit#page/467/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 420, # 2326. Listed as Pseudelydna rufoflava.
- Sivasankaran, K. , S. Ignacimuthu , M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Prabakaran 2012. A checklist of Noctuidae (Insecta : Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea) of India. Rec. zool. Surv. India : 111(Part–3) : 79-101.
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Thratened Taxa. 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. Image 212; 213.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Pl. 28/13-16.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/careini/careini_1.php [accessed 20 April 2020]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5463171
Aiteta diurna is its junior synonym.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Aiteta rufoflava (Walker, [1857]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/aiteta-rufoflava, accessed 2025/11/03.