Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]) - Brinjal Leaf Roller

Taxonomic Information

Eublemma Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent (provisional listing)
Eublemma abrupta (Walker, 1865). India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. 
Eublemma accedens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874). India:Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma albipennis Hampson, 1910. India: Maharashtra.
Eublemma amabilis Moore, [1884]. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma antoninae Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, 1970. India: Karnataka ( Bengaluru).
Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: Uttar Pradesh. 
Eublemma bilineata Hampson, 1902. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma brunea (Hampson, 1891). Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma bulla (Swinhoe, [1885]). India: Maharashtra ( Pune).
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra.
Eublemma conspersa (Butler, 1880). India: Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. 
Eublemma epistrota Hampson, 1910. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901). India. 
Eublemma melabela Hampson, 1910. NW India.
Eublemma latericolor (Turner, 1945). India: Kerala. 
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]). India: Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Nilgiris. 
Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808]). NW India.
Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880). India. 
Eublemma pulchra (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Eublemma quadrapex Hampson,1891. India: Kerala, West Bengal. 
Eublemma quadrilineata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal.
Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882). India: Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Eublemma robertsi (Berio, 1969). NW India. 
Eublemma roseana (Moore, 1881). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu. 
Eublemma roseonivea (Walker, [1863]). India: Assam, Meghalaya.
Eublemma rubricilia Hampson, 1902. India: Sikkim; Bhutan. 
Eublemma sarcosia Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Eublemma semirufa Hampson, 1902. India: Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya,West Bengal; Sri Lanka (TL) .
Eublemma scitula (Rambur, 1833). India: Maharshtra, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Pakistan.
Eublemma trifasciata (Moore, 1881). India. 
Eublemma versicolor (Walker, 1863). India: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Eublemma olivacea - Brinjal Leaf Roller


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh1
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka11132
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2112312

Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]) – Brinjal Leaf RollerSolanum melongena, Solanum torvum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. 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). 
  2. 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
  3. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Autoba-olivacea [accessed 20 August 2019]
  4. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/BOLETOBIINAE/autoba%20olivacea.html
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510227-Eublemma-olivacea
  6. http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=480649 [accessed 20 August 2019]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. 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. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/eublemma-olivacea, accessed 2024/04/25.