Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Arctiinae > Lithosiini > Lithosiina > Oeonistis
Oeonistis entella (Cramer, [1779])
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Oeonistis entella
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
List of Oeonistis Hübner, [1819] 1816 known from India (Singh et al. 2021).
Oeonistis altica (Linnaeus, 1768). India (NE India, Madhya Pradesh).
Oeonistis vithurensis Singh & Kirti, 2014. India (Kerala, Maharashtra).
Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779). India (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Throughout
India).
Oeonistis altica (Linnaeus, 1768). India (NE India, Madhya Pradesh).
Oeonistis vithurensis Singh & Kirti, 2014. India (Kerala, Maharashtra).
Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779). India (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Throughout
India).
References:
- OD: Phalaena entella Cramer, [1779]. Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 27, pl. 208, f. D; TL: Coromandel coast. Plate at https://archive.org/stream/CUbiodiversity1277042-9599#page/n38/mode/1up
- Noctua convoluta Fabricius, 1781. Spec. Ins. 2: 215. text at https://archive.org/details/iohchristfabrici23fabr?view=theater#page/215/mode/1up (in French).
- Oeonistis ? entelliola Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bek. Schmett. (11): 165. Text at https://archive.org/details/verzeichnissbeka00hb/page/165/mode/1up?view=theater
- Oeonistis entella; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 847. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen782zool/page/847/mode/1up?view=theater
- Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1. Nature Books of India, New Delhi, 205 pp. Pg. 162.
- Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-7/plesiomorphic%20genera/plesiomorphic_6.php states that true "entella" occurs only S. India and Sri Lanka.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Oeonistis entella (Cramer, [1779]). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/358659/Oeonistis-entella
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