Biology:Manoba

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Short description: Genus of moths

Manoba
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Manoba species
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Nolinae
Genus: Manoba
Walker, 1863
Synonyms
  • Rhynchopalpus Hampson, 1894

Manoba is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.[1]

Description

Palpi long and porrect (extending forward), where the first two joints thickly scaled. Antennae heavily bipectinated (comb like on both sides) in male. Mid tibia with single pair of spurs, and hind tibia with two pairs. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4 and 5 from angle, vein 6 from upper angle, veins 7 and 8 stalked and veins 9 and 10 absent. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell, vein 5 absent, veins 6 and 7 stalked, and vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]

Species

Selected former species

  • Manoba bipunctulata van Eecke, 1927
  • Manoba brunellus (Hampson, 1893)
  • Manoba erythromedia (Inoue, 1998)
  • Manoba fractilinea Snellen, 1880
  • Manoba obliquilinea Hampson, 1900
  • Manoba obscura Inoue, 1976
  • Manoba rectilinea Snellen, 1879
  • Manoba rufofasciata Rothschild, 1913
  • Manoba taeniatus Rothschild, 1916
  • Manoba umbrata van Eecke, 1927
  • Manoba yoshimotoi Inoue, 2000

Taxonomy

Some sources list Manoba as a synonym of Nola Leach, 1815.[3][4]

References

  • Han, Hui-Lin & Li, Cheng-De (2008). "Description of a new Nolinae species, Manoba subtribei sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from South China". Tinea. 20 (3): 144–145.
  • László, G. M.; Ronkay, G. & Witt, T. J. (2010). "Contribution to the Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) fauna of North Thailand". Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie. 15: 7–126.
  • Shao, T.-Y.; Li, C.-D. & Han, H.-L. (2009). "Description of a new species of the genus Manoba from Prov. Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Nolinae)". Tinea. 20 (5): 307–308.

Wikidata ☰ Q13616786 entry