Taxonomic Information
Other Fascellina species; identification supported by underside markings.
Fascellina inconspicua is a similar extralimital species. Underside is quite different. Kirti et al 2019, pg. 21 showing Fascellina inconspicua is probably an incorrect ID, and this is F. inornata.
Fascellina inconspicua Warren, 1894. Novit. Zool. , 1: 446. TL: Padang. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi01lond#page/446/mode/1up
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Hypochrosini/hypochrosini_12_2.php
List of Fascellina known from India based on Kirti et al. (2019).
Fascellina chromataria Walker, 1860. India: Sikkim, Assam, Nilgiris, Andaman.
Fascellina dacoda Swinhoe, 1893, India: Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya.
Fascellina hypochryseis Swinhoe, 1894.
Fascellina inconspicua Warrenm 1894. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Fascellina plagiata (Walker, 1866). India.
Fascellina porphyreofusa Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim.
Fascellina punctata Warrren, 1898. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Fascellina rectimarginata Warren, 1894. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Fascellina subsignata Warrren, 1893. India: Sikkim.
Fascellina vinosa (Warren, 1893). India: Sikkim.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2): 399. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97156#page/507/mode/1up. TL: Sikkim.
- Cui, L., Zhang, C., Lin, S., & Han, H. (2014). Review of Fascellina Walker (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from China, with three newly recorded species. Entomotaxonomia, 36(2), 105-118. Fig. 9-12 for Fascellina inornata.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Fascellina inornata Warren, 1893 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.82. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/fascellina-inornata, accessed 2025/01/21.