Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Family
Euteliidae
Subfamily
Euteliinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Penicillaria Guenée, 1852
Type Species
Penicillaria nugatrix Guenée, 1852
= Eleale Walker, 1862 (preocc. Newman, 1841; TS: Eleale plusioides Walker, 1862)
= Tibiocillaria Bethune-Baker, 1906 (TS: Tibiocillaria pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906)
= Bombotelia Hampson, 1912 (TS: Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée, 1852)
= Tamseale Nye, 1975 (repl. Eleale Walker, 1862 (TS: Eleale plusioides Walker, 1862)
Species/Subspecies
Penicillaria simplex Walker, 1865 (Eutelia)
Type Locality
[India]
=Bombotelia simplex connectens Mell, 1943 (TL: China, Kuangtung)
Distribution
Specific Records
Nilgiris, Palni Hills
States/Union Territories
Assam, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
Indian Himalaya, North East, Western Ghats