**Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147 002, Punjab, India. E-mail: prjagbir2005@gmail.com
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Sector - 8, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Patna - 800 026, Bihar, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: nsgill007@gmail.com
Online published on 20 November, 2014.
A new species, Oeonistis vithurensis is described from Western Ghats of India. Dichotomous key to the known species of Oeonistis Hübner is also given.
Lepidoptera, Arctiinae, Lithosiini, Oeonistis Hübner, New species, South India
