Taxonomic Information
Also listed as Autoba olivacea (Walker, [1858]), which is treated as its junior synonym.
Eublemma Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent (provisional listing)
Eublemma abrupta (Walker, 1865). India.
Eublemma accedens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Eublemma albipennis Hampson, 1910. Maharashtra.
Eublemma amabilis Moore, [1884]. India, Sri Lanka.
Eublemma antoninae Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, 1970. Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886). Madhya Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881). Uttar Pradesh.
Eublemma bilineata Hampson, 1902. Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma brunea (Hampson, 1891). Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma bulla (Swinhoe, [1885]). Pune, Maharashtra.
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852). India.
Eublemma conspersa (Butler, 1880). Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794). India.
Eublemma epistrota Hampson, 1910. Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901). India.
Eublemma melabela Hampson, 1910. NW India.
Eublemma latericolor (Turner, 1945). Kerala.
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]). Assam, Karnataka.
Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808]). NW India.
Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880). India.
Eublemma pulchra (Swinhoe, 1886). Madhya Pradesh.
Eublemma quadrapex Hampson,1891. S. India.
Eublemma quadrilineata (Moore, 1881). West Bengal.
Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882). West Bengal.
Eublemma robertsi (Berio, 1969). NW India.
Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881). India.
Eublemma roseonivea (Walker, [1863]). Assam, Meghalaya.
Eublemma rubricilia Hampson, 1902. Sikkim, Bhutan.
Eublemma sarcosia Hampson, 1910. Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma semirufa Hampson, 1902. Meghalaya.
Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833). India; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma trifasciata (Moore, 1881). India.
Eublemma versicolor (Walker, 1863). Tamil Nadu.(Walker, 1863). Tamil Nadu.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Eublemma olivacea - Brinjal Leaf Roller
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]) – Brinjal Leaf Roller- Solanum melongena, Solanum torvum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Cilix olivacea Walker, [1858]. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 63, Pl. 142: 9 (TL:India, Nilgiris).
- 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. 36/37. As Acontia olivacea.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Autoba-olivacea [accessed 20 August 2019]
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/BOLETOBIINAE/autoba%20olivacea.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510227-Eublemma-olivacea
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=480649 [accessed 20 August 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]) – Brinjal Leaf Roller. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.50. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/eublemma-olivacea, accessed 2023/06/01.