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Manoba suffusata

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Manoba suffusata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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.

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]

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.