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