Taxonomic Information
Maliattha Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Maliattha amorpha (Butler, 1886).
Maliattha arefacta (Butler, 1879). India: West Bengal; Nepal.
Maliattha baetica (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Maliattha bilineata (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maliattha chionozona (Hampson, 1910). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Maharashtra.
Maliattha erecta (Moore, 1881). India: Nilgiris, Kerala.
Maliattha euryzona (Hampson, 1910). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Maharashtra.
Maliattha fervens (Hampson, 1906). India: Karnataka (TL: Belgaum), Goa (Karwar), Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
Maliattha fuliginosa Warren, 1913. India: Maharashtra (Bombay [Mumbai]).
Maliattha fuscimima Warren, 1913. India: Rajasthan.
Maliattha guttifera Warren, 1913. India: Meghalaya.
Maliattha lacteata Warren, 1913. India: Punjab, Uttarakhand.
Maliattha latifasciata (Hampson, 1898). India: Maharashtra (Bombay [Mumbai]).
Maliattha lativitta (Moore, 1881). India: Nilgiris, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala.
Maliattha marginalis (Walker, 1863). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maliattha orbifera Ronkay & Sohn, 2004. Nepal
Maliattha picata (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh.
Maliattha plumbata (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand.
Maliattha quadripartita (Walker, 1865). India: N India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra; Nepal.
Maliattha ruptifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka.
Maliattha vialis (Moore, 1882). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. A species complex.
Maliattha tegulata (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand.
Maliattha umbrina (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Maliattha signifera (Walker, [1858]). India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Maliattha separata Walker, 1863. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Maliattha plumbitincta Hampson, 1902. Tibet, Nepal.
Maliattha renalis Moore, 1882. Treated as synonym of Maliattha separata.
Maliattha basalis Moore, 1882. Treated as synonym of Maliattha arefacta.
Note: The type locality of Maliattha quadripartita (Walker, 1865) is "North Hindustan". Most of the records of this species from peninsular on MOI show minor differences from the North Indian individuals with the shape and width of the bands being different, and a small black costal spot on the forewing.Some individuals from peninsular India are also differently coloured, being yellowish-white, rather than pure white. It needs to be investigated whether the South Indian individuals are a different species, or are just individual variation.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- OD: Acontia quadripartita Walker 1865. List of the Specimens of lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 33: 786 (Acontia) (Holotype: India, North Hindustan, NHM (BMNH), London). text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/786/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 308, # 2011 as Hyela quadripartita.
- Gurule, S & S. M. Nikam. 2013. The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of northern Maharashtra: a preliminary checklist. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(12): 4693–4713; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2555.4693-713. Image 226.
- 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. 36/23-24. Pg. 266.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Maliattha quadripartita (Walker, 1865) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/maliattha-quadripartita, accessed 2025/09/16.