Manoba melancholica (Wileman & West, 1928)

László, Gyula M. & Sterling, Mark, 2020, Illustrated checklist of Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) of Hong Kong, China, with description of two new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 33, pp. 35-58 : 52

Manoba melancholica (Wileman & West, 1928) ( Figs 10, 11 , 75 , 96 )

Nola melancholica Wileman & West, 1928 , Entomologist 61: 277. Type-locality: Japan, Honshu, Yamato, Yoshino. Holotype: male, in coll. NHMUK.

Material examined:

China, Hong Kong. 1 male, 1 female, New Territories , Kadoorie KYS, MV, 1800ft, 6.9.2005, leg. M.J. Sterling , slide Nos : LGN 2884 (male); LGN 2901 (female), 1 female, Chuk Yeung Rd. , (Wilson Trail Jn.), Sai Kung, N.T., 235m a.s.l., 22°24'5.7"N, 114°16'6.2"E, 125W Robinson, 19.5.2016, leg. M.J. Sterling , slide No. : LGN 2902; 1 female, New Territories, Kadoorie ARC, MV, 600ft, 5.8.2004, leg. M.J. Sterling , slide No. : LGN 2903 (coll. M. Sterling). A further Hong Kong specimen not dissected for the purposes of this paper is contained in coll. M. Sterling.

Figures

Figures 1-15. Adults (Hong Kong, in coll. NHMUK). 1, 2: Casminola johannstumpfi ♂, ♀; 3: Hampsonola ceciliae sp. n. holotype ♂; 4, 5: Inouenola pallescens ♂, ♀; 6: Manoba fasciatus ♀; 7, 8: M. grisealis ♀, ♀; 9: M. lativittata ♀; 10, 11: M. melancholica ♂, ♀; 12: M. tristicta ♂; 13: Meganola brunellus ♂; 14: M. tenebrosa ♂; 15: M. triangulalis ♂.

Figures 71-79. Male genitalia (Hong Kong, in coll. NHMUK). 71: Casminola johannstumpfi LGN 2871; 72: Inouenola pallescens LGN 2891; 73: Hampsonola ceciliae sp. n., holotype LGN 2896; 74: Manoba tristicta LGN 2877; 75: M. melancholica LGN 2884; 76: Meganola brunellus LGN 2885; 77: M. tenebrosa LGN 2888; 78: M. zolotuhini LGN 2887; 79: M. triangulalis LGN 2915.

Figures 94-100. Female genitalia (Hong Kong, in coll. NHMUK). 94: Inouenola pallescens LGN 2914; 95: Manoba lativittata LGN 2880; 96: M. melancholica LGN 2901; 97: M. fasciatus LGN 2911; 98: M. grisealis LGN 2900; 99: Meganola zolotuhini LGN 2910; 100: Barasa alopha LGN 2893.