Taxonomic Information
Eois Hübner, 1818 species known from India.
Eois dissimilis (Moore, [1887]) (Pseudasthena). India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Sri Lanka.
Eois grataria (Walker, 1861) (Hyria). India (NE India); Sri Lanka.
Eois ingrataria ingrataria (Warren, 1898) (Psilocambogia). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Eois lunulosa lunulosa (Moore, [1887]) (Pseudasthena). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim; Sri Lanka.
Eois memorata (Walker, 1861) (Pomasia). India; Nepal.
Eois phaneroscia Prout, 1922. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Assam (Tezpur).
Eois plicata (Moore, 1888) (Bardanes). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Eois lunulosa -
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Antennae of both sexes bipectinate to 2/3rd of length. Outer margin of HW rounded. The form ochracea has a diffused fuscous medial band and fuscous patches on the margin of fore wing ; hind wing with the mark at anal angle developed into an oblique line (Hampson, 1895).
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Pseudasthena lunulosa Moore, 1887. Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 450, pl. 200, f. 5, 5a; TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/450/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/n714/mode/1up?view=theater
- Pseudasthena ochracea Warren, 1894. Novit. zool. 1 (2): 395; TL: Khasi Hills. Text at https://archive.org/details/novitateszoologi01lond/page/395/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.pg. 421 as Cambogia lunulosa.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 47 given as Eois sp 4 is E. lunulosa and the images 44 and 45 given as E. lunulosa should remain as Eois sp.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/734299-Eois-lunulosa
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=308480
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eois lunulosa Moore, 1887) – . 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/index.php/Eois-lunulosa, accessed 2025/11/12.