Taxonomic Information
Elophila Hübner, 1822 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Elophila difflualis (Snellen, [1880]). India: Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Kolkata), Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Elophila melagynalis (Agassiz, 1978). Sri Lanka.
Elophila palliolatalis (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Elophila scitalis (Swinhoe, 1885). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Hydrocampa scitalis Swinhoe, 1895. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 869. TL: Bombay. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697926#page/1015/mode/1up.
- 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. 317, #4927 as Nacoleia scitalis.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1120956-Elophila-scitalis
Lepindex lists as Lamprosema scitalis Swinhoe, 1895, while http://globiz.pyraloidea.org [accessed 21 February 2021] lists as Elophila scitalis (Swinhoe, 1885). Taxonomic position needs clarification.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Elophila scitalis (Swinhoe, 1885) – . 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/elophila-scitalis, accessed 2025/11/07.