Melanohalea nilgirica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.

Found in India, it was described as a new species in 2005 by lichenologists Pradeep Divakar and Dalip Kumar Upreti.

The type was collected from the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, at an elevation of 2,000 m (6,600 ft).

Its thallus is about 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter, with a reddish-brown to dark brown upper surface.

It is characterized by flat, dot-like pseudocyphellae that are flush with the lobe surface, white capitate soralia, and presence of caperatic acid.