Nola ceylonica Hampson, 1893

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 : 38

Nola ceylonica Hampson, 1893 ( Figs 20-22 , 55 , 80 )

Nola ceylonica Hampson, 1893 , Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 9: 15, 88, pl. 158, fig. 13. Type-locality: [ Sri Lanka] Ceylon, Pundaloya. Holotype: male, in coll. NHMUK.

Material examined:

China, Hong Kong. 1 male, Kadoorie Farm & Bot. Gdn., UTM 50Q KK 039 827, alt. 450m, 2° woodland, 125W mv, 25.4.2008, leg. M.J. Sterling, slide No.: LGN 2879; 1 male, New Territories, Kadoorie BG, MV, 1100ft, 4.3.2001, leg. M.J. Sterling, slide No.: LGN 2890; 1 female, same site and collector, 6.1.2002, slide No.: LGN 2913 (coll. M. Sterling); 1 female, Island, mid-levels, 150m, actinic trap, 20- 31.5.1982, Judith Robinson, Brit. Mus. 1982-304 ( NHMUK). Further Hong Kong specimens not dissected for the purposes of this paper are contained in coll. M. Sterling.

Figures

Figures 16-30. Adults (Hong Kong, in coll. NHMUK). 16, 17: Nola angustipennis ♂, ♀; 18, 19: N. bifascialis ♂, ♀; 20-22: N. ceylonica ♂, ♂, ♀; 23, 24: N. kanshireiensis ♂, ♀; 25, 26: N. lucidalis ♂, ♀; 27, 28: N. marginata ♂, ♀; 29, 30: Nola mediolineata ♂, ♀.

Figures 55-62. Male genitalia (Hong Kong, in coll. NHMUK). 55: Nola ceylonica LGN 2879; 56: N. bifascialis LGN 2904; 57: N. lucidalis LGN 2889; 58: N. taeniata LGN 2873; 59: N. thyrophora LGN 2874; 60: N. mediolineata LGN 2882; 61: N. angustipennis LGN 2899; 62: N. kanshireiensis LGN 2875.

Figures 80-87. Female genitalia (Hong Kong, in coll. NHMUK). 80: Nola ceylonica LGN 2913; 81: N. bifascialis LGN 2881; 82: N. lucidalis LGN 2912; 83: N. mediolineata LGN 2909; 84: N. angustipennis LGN 2892; 85: N. kanshireiensis LGN 2908; 86: N. pascua LGN 2916; 87: N. marginata LGN 2917.