Taxonomic Information
Maliattha Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Maliattha amorpha (Butler, 1886).
Maliattha arefacta (Butler, 1879). India: West Bengal; Nepal.
Maliattha baetica (Swinhoe, 1890). Myanmar.
Maliattha bilineata (Hampson, 1898). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maliattha chionozona (Hampson, 1910). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Maharashtra.
Maliattha erecta (Moore, 1881). India: Nilgiris, Kerala.
Maliattha euryzona (Hampson, 1910). India: Karnataka (Belgaum), Maharashtra.
Maliattha fervens (Hampson, 1906). India: Karnataka (TL: Belgaum), Goa (Karwar), Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
Maliattha fuliginosa Warren, 1913. India: Maharashtra (Bombay [Mumbai]).
Maliattha fuscimima Warren, 1913. India: Rajasthan.
Maliattha guttifera Warren, 1913. India: Meghalaya.
Maliattha lacteata Warren, 1913. India: Punjab, Uttarakhand.
Maliattha latifasciata (Hampson, 1898). India: Maharashtra (Bombay [Mumbai]).
Maliattha lativitta (Moore, 1881). India: Nilgiris, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala.
Maliattha marginalis (Walker, 1863). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Maliattha orbifera Ronkay & Sohn, 2004. Nepal
Maliattha picata (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh.
Maliattha plumbata (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand.
Maliattha quadripartita (Walker, 1865). India: N India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra; Nepal.
Maliattha ruptifascia (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris, Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka.
Maliattha vialis (Moore, 1882). India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. A species complex.
Maliattha tegulata (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala), Uttarakhand.
Maliattha umbrina (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Maliattha signifera (Walker, [1858]). India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Maliattha separata Walker, 1863. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Uttarakhand.
Maliattha plumbitincta Hampson, 1902. Tibet, Nepal.
Maliattha renalis Moore, 1882. Treated as synonym of Maliattha separata.
Maliattha basalis Moore, 1882. Treated as synonym of Maliattha arefacta.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Similar species: Maliattha umbrina (Hampson, 1891)
Maliattha umbrina is brown & has a grey reniform spot.
OD Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/84/mode/1up ; Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180088#page/167/mode/1up
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| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 |
- OD: Acontia plumbata Butler, 1889. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol 7, pg 61, Pl 129, fig 4. TL: Dharmsala.Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75387#page/71/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsoft07brituoft#page/n150/mode/1up
- Hyelopsis plumbata; Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg 305 #2002.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.), 1912. The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 11, pg. 277, Pl. 25h.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Maliattha plumbata (Butler, 1889) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.1. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/maliattha-plumbata, accessed 2025/08/15.