Teulisna inducta (Walker, [1865]) -

Taxonomic Information

Teulisna Walker, 1862  species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Teulisna basigera (Walker, 1864). India: Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra. 
Teulisna distributa Volynkin, Černý & Huang, 2025. India: Uttarakhand, Sikkim; Nepal; Myanmar. 
Teulisna ganesha Volynkin, 2023. India: Sikkim; Nepal (TL).
Teulisna hreblayi Volynkin & Huang, 2024. Nepal (TL).
Teulisna inducta (Walker, 1864). India: Nilgiris in S. India. 
Teulisna karena Černý, 2009. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram. 
Teulisna khasiana Volynkin, Černý & Huang, 2025. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Teulisna kishidai Huang, Volynkin & Müller, 2024. Myanmar. 
Teulisna murina (Heylaerts, 1891). India: Nagaland. 
Teulisna obliquistria Hampson, 1894. Myanmar. 
Teulisna pallida (Moore, 1878). India: Uttarakhand (TL: Nainital), Himachal Pradesh (Dalhousie); Nepal. 
Teulisna pilcheri Volynkin, Černý & Huang, 2025. India: Sikkim (TL), West Bengal, Assam; Nepal. 
Teulisna plagiata Walker,1862; India: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur. 
Teulisna protuberans (Moore, 1878). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Mizoram, Nagaland; Bhutan. 
Teulisna quadrisignata (Moore, 1878). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Sikkim. 
Teulisna robusta Volynkin, Černý & Huang, 2025.  India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills). 
Teulisna swanni Volynkin, Černý & Huang, 2025. India: Meghalaya; Myanmar (TL). 
Teulisna tenebrosus Singh & Kirti, 2016. India: Assam. 
Teulisna thomasi Volynkin, 2023. India: Sikkim (TL). 
Teulisna tumida (Walker, 1862). India: Sikkim, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh; Sri Lanka. 
Teulisna unicornuta Kirti, Joshi & Singh, 2014. India: Karnataka, Kerala.   
Teulisna uniplaga Hampson, 1894. India: Assam; Myanmar.
Teulisna uniformis (Hampson, 1894). Myanmar.

Teulisna murina (Heylaerts, 1891) and Teulisna uniformis (Hampson, 1894) are transferred to the genus Bitecta Heylaerts, 1891. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Teulisna inducta -

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  1. Lithosia inducta Walker, [1865]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 232; TL: Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3132brit/page/232/mode/1up?view=theater.
  2. Ilema inducta Hampson, 1900. Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 137, f. 84. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/137/mode/1up?view=theater.
  3. 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. 87, # 1376. 
  4. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1, pp 1-205. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 116.
  5. Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2025, On the generic assignment of the taxa placed in the Oriental footman-moth genus Teulisna with the description of three new genera, one subgenus and eighteen new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 88, pp. 104-163
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Teulisna inducta (Walker, [1865]) – . 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/teulisna-inducta, accessed 2025/09/18.