Manoba

Manoba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Manoba
Walker, 1863[1]
Synonyms
  • Rhynchopalpus Hampson, 1894

Manoba is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae.

Description

Palpi long and porrect, where the first two joints thickly scaled. Antennae heavily bipectinated in male. Mid tibia with single pair of spurs, and hind tibia with two pairs. Fore wings 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. Hind wings 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

Taxonomy

Some sources list Manoba as a synonym of Nola.[3]

References

  1. Manoba at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. Afro Moths
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