Taxonomic Information
Olene Hübner, 1823 species known from India.
Olene dalbergiae (Moore, 1888). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamshala), Punjab (Pathankot), Uttarakhand, Maharashtra (Pune), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Olene dudgeoni (Swinhoe, 1907). India: Sikkim (TL), Meghalaya.
Olene inclusa (Walker, 1856). India: Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh.
Olene magnalia (Swinhoe, 1903). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823. India: Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Is., Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tripura, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
Olene tenebrosa (Walker, 1865). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Sikkim, NW Himalaya.
Both male and females of Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823 can occur in different forms, which in themselves are rather variable. Check reference links for more details.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823 – Brown Tussock Moth: Acacia catechu, Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria juncea, Dalbergia sissoo (Fabaceae), Alcea rosea (Malvaceae), Vernicia fordii, Vernicia montana (Euphorbiaceae), Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae), Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae),Shorea robusta, Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, Dipterocarpus turbinatus (Dipterocarpaceae),Microcos tomentosa (Malvaceae), Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia thorelii (Lythraceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae), Prunus persica (Rosaceae), Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823. Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett., (2): 19.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-5/orgyiini/orgyiini_3_1.php [accessed 2 April 2016]
- ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Insect Pests - NBAIR. http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Olene-mendosa.php [accessed 2 April 2016]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61995-Olene-mendosa
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823 – Brown Tussock Moth. 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/olene-mendosa, accessed 2025/11/09.