Taxonomic Information
Acolutha Warren, 1894 species known from India.
Acolutha pulchella (Hampson, 1891) (Hyria). India: Nilgiris (TL).
Acolutha pictaria (Moore, 1888) (Emmelesia). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: TL).
Acolutha bicristipennis Prout, 1931. India: South Andamans.
Acolutha flavipictaria Prout, 1922.India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Emmelesia pictaria Moore, 1888. Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln. Atkinson, p. 267.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae, pg 420, # 3845 as Cambogia pictaria.
- Acolutha imbecilla Warren, 1905. Novit. zool., 12: 426.
- Holloway, J. D. 1997. The Moths of Borneo. Part 10. Geometridae: Sterrhinae, Larentiinae, Addenda to other Subfamilies. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/papuarisme/papuarisme_4_1.php [accessed 25 August 2016]
- 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. Pl. 3, Image 37.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Acolutha pictaria (Moore, 1888) – . 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/acolutha-pictaria, accessed 2025/11/10.