Introduction of a new generic synonymy and three newly recorded species of Nolinae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) from India

Rahul Joshi; Navneet Singh; Nikhil Kuni

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.1.8

Introduction of a new generic synonymy and three newly recorded species of Nolinae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) from India

Zootaxa. 2020 Dec 1;4890(1):zootaxa.4890.1.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.1.8.

Authors

Rahul Joshi¹, Navneet Singh, Nikhil Kuni

Affiliation

¹ Zoological Survey of India, GPRC, Sector-8, Bahadurpur Housing Colony, Patna-800026, Bihar, India.. joshiarctiidae@gmail.com.

PMID: 33311249
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.1.8

Abstract

A monotypic genus Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae Han, 2013 is proposed here as a synonym of the genus Membranola Pellinen (2012). In addition, Leucobaeta hemiphea (Hampson, 1905), Nola infralba Inoue, 1976 and Nola atrocinta Inoue, 1998 are reported for the first time from India. With 13 colour illustrations of adults and genitalia images.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Leucobaeta hemiphea, Membranola, Nola atrocinta, Nola infralba, Purenola.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
Color
Genitalia
India
Lepidoptera*
Moths*