Manoba argentalis ( Moore, 1867 )

Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kuni, Nikhil, 2021, A catalogue of Nolidae Bruand, 1846 from India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5034 (1), pp. 1-112 : 64

26. Manoba argentalis ( Moore, 1867) ( Fig. 48 )

Aglossa argentalis Moore, 1867 , Journal of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society London, 1867: 89.

TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.

TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. Arunachal Pradesh: Eaglenest WLS, Sundarview , (N27°06’53.3, E92°26’12.8, 2545m), 28.X.2019, 2 ex., leg. N. Kuni, Lama Camp, (N27°09’27”, E92°27’39”, 2330m) , 29.V.2019, 1 ex., leg. N. Kuni. Sikkim: East Sikkim, Rumtek , (N27°18.297’, E88°34.194’, 1293 m), 10.X.2019, 2 ex., leg. N. Kuni ; Golitar, Fambonglho WLS, (N27°21.517’, E88°33.838’, 2120 m), 01.X.2019, 2 ex., leg. N. Kuni.

Distribution in India. Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim (present study); Darjeeling ( Moore 1867); North West Himalayas, Sikkim ( Hampson 1894), North India ( Holloway 2003).

Elsewhere. Nepal ( Inoue 1998)

Host plant. Castanopsis indica ( Hampson 1900) .

Figures

FIGURES 41–48. NolidaeAdults: 41, Casminola seminigra; 42, Ctenane labuana; 43, Evonima aperta; 44, Evonima ochritincta; 45, Evonima ronkaygabori; 46, Evonima xanthoplaga; 47, Leucobaeta hemiphea; 48, Manoba argentalis.