Taxonomic Information
Enispa Walker, [1866] species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Enispa albilineata (Hampson, 1898). India: Himachal Pradesh (Dharamshala), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Enispa albinellus (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Enispa albitegulata (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills)
Enispa algae Hampson, 1910. S. India.
Enispa atricincta (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka.
Enispa croceicincta (Hampson, 1903). Sri Lanka.
Enispa elataria (Walker, 1861). India: Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Enispa erythroglauca Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Enispa etrocta Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Enispa ferreofusa Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Enispa griseipennis (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Enispa inversa (Warren, 1913). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Enispa leprosa Hampson, 1910. Sikkim.
Enispa leucogramma Hampson, 1910. Bhutan.
Enispa lichenostola Hampson, 1910. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai).
Enispa minuta (Hampson, 1893). India: Karnataka; Sri Lanka
Enispa purpurascens (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka
Enispa regulata (Walker, 1861). India.
Enispa rosea (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka
Enispa rosellaria Pellinen, 2017. India: Uttarakhand (Dehradun); Thailand.
Enispa roseata (Hampson, 1902). India: Himachal Pradesh (Shimla).
Enispa rosellus (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka
Enispa rufapicia Hampson, 1918. Sri Lanka
Enispa vinacea (Hampson, 1891). India: Nilgiris.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Enispa rosellaria and Enispa rosellus are similar species. Enispa rosellaria is redder and has differently shaped wings, more rounded than elataria.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- OD: Hyria elataria Walker, 1861. List of the Specimens of lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 22: 665. TL: Sri Lanka.
- 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. 552. Listed as Micraeschus elatarius.
- Kendrick, R. 2002. Moths (Insecta : Lepidoptera) of Hong Kong. Plate 41/24.
- Pellinen, M.J., 2017. Description of a new species of Enispa Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Boletobiinae) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 4272(4), pp.587-590. MOT Vol 3, Part 2, Pl. 10/3-4.
- Shubhalaxmi, V. 2018. Birdwing Field Guide to Indian Moths, 1st Edition. Birdwing Publishers, India, 461pp. Pl. 42/2, Pg. 143.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/12_BOLETOBIINAE/28_Enispa/Enispa%20elataria/Enispa%20elataria.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Enispa elataria (Walker, 1861) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/enispa-elataria, accessed 2024/04/26.