Taxonomic Information
Oenospila Swinhoe 1892 species known from India.
Oenospila flavifusata Warren, 1861. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa; Sri Lanka.
Oenospila strix (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Sikkim, Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similiar species:
Oenospila microstrix Holloway, 1996 and Oenospila altistrix Holloway, 1996 are extralimital species that are similar to O. strix.
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| Total | 1 |
- OD: Racheospila strix Butler, 1889. Ill. Het. Brit. Mus. 7:105, Pl. 136/8.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.. Pg. 501, # 4111 as Thalassodes strix.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1912. Macro Lep. 4, Pg. 22, Pl. 2c.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.) .1920. Macro Lep. 12, pg. 109, Pl. 13f.
- Mandal, D. K. & S. K. Ghosh, 1999. Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Noctuidae and Geometridae pg 405-465. In: Editor-Director, 1999. Fauna of Meghalaya-Part 6. I-IV , 1-537 pp. (Published-Director, ZSI, Calcutta). Both Oenospila strix and Oenospila flavifusata recorded in Meghalaya.
- Han, H. and Xue, D., 2011. Fauna Sinica (Insecta Vol. 54. Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae). Plate XVIII image 17 & 18 for flavifusata and strix.
- http://portugal.inaturalist.org/taxa/764722-Oenospila-strix
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oenospila strix (Butler, 1889) – . 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/oenospila-strix, accessed 2025/11/03.