Aquis orbicularis (Walker, 1858)

Joshi, Rahul, Singh, Navneet & Kuni, Nikhil, 2021, A catalogue of Nolidae Bruand, 1846 from India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea), Zootaxa 5034 (1), pp. 1-112 : 58

3. Aquis orbicularis (Walker, 1858) ( Fig. 37 )

Diomea orbicularis Walker, 1858 , List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 15: 1804.

Labanda griseinigra Hampson, 1894 , The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Moths, 2: 374.

TL: Sri Lanka. Holotype.

TD: NHMUK.

Material examined. Bihar: Rajgir, Ghora Katora , (N24°59.949’, E85°26.938’), 11-14.VIII.2018, 3 ex., leg. R. Joshi ; Bodhgaya, Gautam Budha WLS, Lohawar Hill , (N24°28.378’, E85°09.657’), 08.VIII.2018, 1 ex., leg. R. Joshi ; same data, 26.VIII.2017, 1 ex., leg. N. Singh ; West Champaran, Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Mangooraha , (N27°18.482’, E84°31.751’, 300m), 17.X.2017, 3 ex., leg. N. Singh.

Distribution in India. Bihar (present study); Sikkim, Ganjam ( Hampson 1894); Jharkhand ( Joshi et al. 2019).

Elsewhere. Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo ( Holloway 2003); Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia ( Kononenko and Pinratana 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 33–40. Nolidae Adults: 33, Eligma narcissus; 34, Negritothripa orbifera; 35, Selepa celtis; 36, Alcanola tympanistis; 37, Aquis orbicularis; 38, Barasa lunisigna; 39, Calonola argyria; 40, Calonola ectrocta.