Taxonomic Information
Enispa Walker, [1866] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Enispa albifrontata (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling).
Enispa albilineata (Hampson, 1898). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamshala), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Enispa albinellus (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Enispa albitegulata (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills)
Enispa algae Hampson, 1910. S. India, Karnataka (TL: Belgaum).
Enispa atricincta (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka.
Enispa croceicincta (Hampson, 1903). Sri Lanka.
Enispa elataria (Walker, 1861). India: Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam; Sri Lanka.
Enispa erythroglauca Hampson, 1910. India: Andhra Pradesh (TL: Horsleykonda).
Enispa etrocta Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Palni Hillsi).
Enispa ferreofusa Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (TL: Chennai).
Enispa griseipennis (Hampson, 1891). India: S. India (TL: Nilgiris).
Enispa inversa (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Enispa leprosa Hampson, 1910. India: Sikkim (TL).
Enispa leucogramma Hampson, 1910. Bhutan.
Enispa lichenostola Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Enispa minuta (Hampson, 1893). India: Karnataka, Kerala; Sri Lanka
Enispa purpurascens (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka
Enispa regulata (Walker, 1861). India: Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Enispa rosea (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka
Enispa rosellaria Pellinen, 2017. India: Uttarakhand (Dehradun), Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh; Thailand.
Enispa roseata (Hampson, 1902). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Enispa rosellus (Hampson, 1893). India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka (TL).
Enispa rufapicia Hampson, 1918. Sri Lanka
Enispa vinacea (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Karnataka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Enispa rosellaria -
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Similar species is Enispa rosellus [Hampson, 1893]. Separated from Enispa rosellus by the markings on both wings being yellow and stripe-like in Enispa rosellaria, whereas in Enispa rosellus the markings are larger, spot-like and white. Enispa rosellus is also broadly sprinkled with black, which Enispa rosellaria lacks.
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- OD: Enispa rosellaria Pellinen, 2017 in Pellinen, M.J., 2017. Description of a new species of Enispa Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Boletobiinae) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 4272(4), pp.587-590.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Enispa rosellaria Pellinen, 2017 – . 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/enispa-rosellaria, accessed 2025/10/27.