Biology:Nola pascua

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Nola pascua
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Nola
Species:
N. pascua
Binomial name
Nola pascua
(C. Swinhoe, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Celama pascua C. Swinhoe, 1885
  • Roeselia pascua C. Swinhoe, 1885

Nola pascua is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1885.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Description

The moth is belongs to a complex group called internella group taxonomically, until Hampson made pascua and quadrimaculata as synonyms of internella. In 1928 Wileman and West identified that analis is different from pascua. However, all three species very closely resemble each other externally. Inspection of the genitals is needed to identify the species.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21305603 entry