Manoba suffusata

Manoba suffusata is a moth in the family Nolidae. It was described by Wileman and West in 1929. It is found in Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar, as well as on Sumatra and Borneo.[1] The habitat consists of alluvial forests, wet heath forests, lowland forests, gardens and secondary forests.

Manoba suffusata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Manoba
Species:
M. suffusata
Binomial name
Manoba suffusata
(Wileman & West, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Nola suffusata Wileman & West, 1929
  • Meganola suffusata (Wileman & West, 1929)

Adults are pale brown with dark fasciae on the forewings.

Taxonomy

The taxon was previously placed as a synonym of Manoba punctilineata by Inoue in Heppner and Inoue in 1992, but later research concluded it is a distinct species.[2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (June 9, 2020). "Meganola suffusata (Wileman & West, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Manoba suffusata Wileman & West stat. rev. & comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved August 5, 2020.


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