Taxonomic Information
Oeonistis Hübner, [1819] 1816 species known from 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".
Moths of Borneo (Holloway, 2001) states "True entella (syns. convoluta Fabricius, entelliola Hübner) appears to be restricted to S. India and Sri Lanka."
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
- 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.
Note: Oeonistis vithurensis Singh & Kirti, 2014, India (Kerala, Maharashtra). Best separated from O. entella, which also occurs in S. India, by comparing genitalia. South and West Indian species on the MOI are provisionally placed in entella.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Oeonistis entella (Cramer, [1779]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/oeonistis-entella, accessed 2025/04/23.