Taxonomic Information
Eublemma Hübner, [1821] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
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 (TL: Bombay).
Eublemma amabilis Moore, [1884]. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma antoninae Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, 1970. India: Karnataka (TL: Bengaluru).
Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh (TL: Mhow), Maharashtra, Meghalaya; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma bifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: Uttar Pradesh (TL: Allahabad).
Eublemma bilineata Hampson, 1902. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kulu, Shimla).
Eublemma brunea (Hampson, 1891). Tamil Nadu.
Eublemma bulla (Swinhoe, [1885]). India: Maharashtra (Pune), Himachal Pradesh; Pakistan (TL: Karachi).
Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852). India: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra.
Eublemma commoda (Walker, 1864). India: Indo-Australian tropics. Needs confirmation.
Eublemma conspersa (Butler, 1880). India: Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma crassiuscula (Walker, 1864). India: Andaman & Nicobar Is.
Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
Eublemma epistrota Hampson, 1910. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Kangra).
Eublemma gayneri (Rothschild, 1901). India; Pakistan.
Eublemma grisescens (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), West Bengal.
Eublemma melabela Hampson, 1910. NW India.
Eublemma latericolor (Turner, 1945). India: Kerala.
Eublemma latistriga Warren, 1913. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]). India: Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Nilgiris.
Eublemma parva (Hübner, [1808]). NW India, Maharashtra, Tripura.
Eublemma pulchra (Swinhoe, 1886). India: Madhya Pradesh.
Eublemma polygramma (Duponchel, [1842]). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Eublemma pudica (Snellen, 1880). India: West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Eublemma quadrapex Hampson,1891. India: Kerala, West Bengal.
Eublemma quadrilineata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal.
Eublemma quadripunctata (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844). India: South Andamans (TL).
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: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttarakhand; Sri Lanka; Pakistan.
Eublemma trifasciata (Moore, 1881). India: West Bengal.
Eublemma versicolor (Walker, 1863). India: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (TL: Kolkatta).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Eublemma olivacea - Brinjal Leaf Roller
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]) – Brinjal Leaf Roller: Solanum melongena, Solanum torvum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- 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).
- 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.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Autoba-olivacea [accessed 20 August 2019]
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/BOLETOBIINAE/autoba%20olivacea.html
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510227-Eublemma-olivacea
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=480649 [accessed 20 August 2019]
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Eublemma olivacea (Walker, [1858]) – Brinjal Leaf Roller. 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/eublemma-olivacea, accessed 2025/11/10.