Oeonistis entella (Cramer, [1779]) -

Taxonomic Information

List of Oeonistis Hübner, [1819] 1816 species known from India (Singh et al. 2021).  
Oeonistis altica (Linnaeus, 1768). India (NE India, Madhya Pradesh). 
Oeonistis vithurensis Singh & Kirti, 2014. India (Kerala, Maharashtra). 
Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779). India (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Throughout India).

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh2
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala22
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra2
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total21232
  1. OD: Phalaena entella Cramer, [1779]. Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 27, pl. 208, f. D; TL: Coromandel coast. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/CUbiodiversity1277042-9599#page/n38/mode/1up
  2. Noctua convoluta Fabricius, 1781. Spec. Ins. 2: 215. text at https://archive.org/details/iohchristfabrici23fabr?view=theater#page/215/mode/1up (in French). 
  3. Oeonistis ? entelliola Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bek. Schmett. (11): 165. Text at https://archive.org/details/verzeichnissbeka00hb/page/165/mode/1up?view=theater 
  4. Oeonistis entella; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 847. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen782zool/page/847/mode/1up?view=theater
  5. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 205 pp. Pg. 162. 
  6. Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. 
  7. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/plesiomorphic%20genera/plesiomorphic_6.php states that true "entella" occurs only S. India and Sri Lanka. 

Note: Oeonistis vithurensis Singh & Kirti, 2014, India (Kerala, Maharashtra). Best separated from O. entella, which also occurs in S. India, by comparing genitalia. South and West Indian species on the MOI are provisionally placed in entella.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Oeonistis entella (Cramer, [1779]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/oeonistis-entella, accessed 2024/03/29.